Waterproof Basement Floor Matting Installed in Wisconsin
If you've decided on carpeting your remodeled basement, we can help. We are certified installers of ThermalDry Basement Floor Matting -- a waterproof subfloor product designed specifically for basement remodeling. For a free basement flooring quote in Wisconsin, call or e-mail us today!
Basement Sub Floor Systems
If you're remodeling your basement floor, there are four common methods used by contractors and homeowners to install carpeting:
- Install the carpet on the concrete.
- Build a wood subfloor on the concrete and then install the carpet on top of that.
- Lay down a plastic and chipboard sub floor system under the carpet.
- Place a waterproof sub floor under the carpet.
ThermalDry Basement Floor Matting
Our floor matting installs in an interlocking grid without grout or adhesives. It's compatible with tack strips, and it will outlast several generations of basement carpeting.
Click to see our ThermalDry Tile warranty [PDF] and ThermalDry Carpeted warranty [PDF].
Traditional carpeting, wood products, adhesives, and other organic materials are will not fare well when installed directly on a concrete basement floor.
Concrete is a porous material. If there is any moisture in the dirt outside of the home, the concrete will let it pass through.
This moisture will make its way through the concrete, and eventually enter your basement in the form of water vapor.
If you have carpeting or wood on your floor, it too will soak up that moisture. Eventually, mold will grow on these materials, and the wood flooring may warp and buckle.
Plastic and chipboard sub flooring sounds like a better idea in theory, but it comes with one major design flaw. When installed, each floor tile has about 1/8" of chipboard exposed directly on the basement floor. This will take on moisture just as easily as any other sub floor material.
Of course, if your have a leak from your washing machine, water heater, pipes, or through the foundation, these materials will be ruined from those water sources as well.
ThermalDry Basement Sub Floor Tiles
ThermalDry Floor Matting, available by Badger Basement Systems, is an appropriate sub floor installing wall-to-wall carpeting or padding in a finished basement. These award-winning, interlocking tiles create a vapor barrier on your concrete floor that will keep humidity from affecting your custom carpeting. The tiles are compatible with tack strips, and they will outlast several generations of basement carpeting.
Plus, ThermalDry floor tiles have a special design that lifts them off the basement floor. This creates a thermal break underneath that will make the surface of your ThermalDry tiles 8-10 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the cold concrete below!
In the event of a basement flood, regular carpeting will not be as easy to dry as our remodeled basement floor systems. However, it will provide you with a variety of options when you're finishing your basement!
If you would like a free, no obligation basement floor remodeling quote, call or e-mail us today! We serve WI, including Madison, Fitchburg, Eau Claire, Watertown, Sumner, Beloit and nearby towns.
Wood Sub Flooring = Mold
Traditional basement finishing uses a wood sub floor with carpet on top. When this wood sub floor gets damp, it will rot, buckle, and grow mold. As humidity rises up naturally through the concrete floor, it accumulates under these floors.
Sources of Basement Moisture
- Leaky Washing Machines
- Failed Water Heaters
- Old Basement Windows
- Foundation Flooding
- Bursting Pipes
- Upper Level Plumbing
- Humidity from Concrete
