Comments on: Floating Subfloor

By: SkiBumMSP

SkiBumMSP — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 21:59:09 +0000

After these really heavy rains (from TS Lee – was pretty much raining all week here since Monday and only today (Fri 9/9/11) it finally stopped. There is some water that got into my basement. It was not an outright flood, but it was enough to get the carpeting soaked and get things on the floor wet. The parts that are not carpeted (only tiled) has pretty much dried out already. This seems to happen only when we get some extremely heavy multi-day rains. When Hurricane Irene came through here (and even Isabelle back in 2003), I did not get any water what-so-ever in my basement.

I was looking for something that would allow me to “raise” the flooring above the concrete, so when something like this happens, the water remain (and dries out) underneath the floor without effecting anything above. This DRICore thing seems to be exactly what I need. The Home Depot just down the road even has it in stock! I’ll have to go over there and take a look at this material in person.

This has only happened occasionally (i.e., after really heavy multi-day rain events). May be time to reseal the concrete as well while I will have everything torn up. This house was built in the mid 80′s, so it may be time. I did check and made sure the gutters were not clogged and went through all the usual trouble-shooting to check for leakage. Now having to cleanup the soaked carpet down there (ugh).

By: Basement Floor Guy

Basement Floor Guy — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:21:05 +0000

I agree with you Benny, if you’ve got a water problem you need to get it fixed. OSB will likely swell up when it gets wet. But the Dricore has the waterproof bottom which will raise it off the concrete slab so any water permeating through the concrete will not get the OSB wet. However, if you flood or get multiple inches of water down there, it will likely have a problem. But for everyday issues, not that much of a problem.

By: benny schepis

benny schepis — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 18:24:26 +0000

If water is an issue why make the wood out of partical board which EXPLODES when wet . Put a floor like this down when it got wet it was destroyed

By: Basement Floor Guy

Basement Floor Guy — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:01:34 +0000

Thanks Jim. That Tyroc actually doesn’t look that bad. I don’t have a lot of experience with that product but will be looking into it more. However, the one thing that concerns me with it especially for a subflooring after watching the video’s is that there sure is a lot of glue/caulking going on and would definitely take more time than a Dri Core sub floor. Plus the Dri Core seems a bit easier just like you are laying a regular tongue and groove flooring, no need for the glue. There’d have to be some significant water issues to affect mold on a Dri Core panel, like standing water. However, 98% of all basements have some form of moisture issues but most of that is minimal seepage and not standing. Thanks again, I’ll check’em out further.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:26:50 +0000

Hey,

I used Tyroc in my basement last fall and it worked perfect. Easy to install, i like the larger pieces 16″x48″ takes no time at all to do a basement. The thing i like most is it is only 1/2″ thick. There is no trimming of doors involved. I would go with Tyroc over Dri Core just for the fact that if water or moisture ever does become an issue, Tyroc will not mold.

Hope this helps.