Has anyone ever successfully installed a hardwood floor (solid type) in a basement
l have a basement in Philadelphia that has a french drain all the way
around.l laid down roofing paper on the concrete floor as a vapor barrier
and then screwed down 1/4'' plywood over the concrete and then nailed down
3/4'' plywood on top of the 1/4'' plywood.Everything seems dry and the
basement is a fairly dry. l do not want tile or
carpet.Furthermore, l do not like engineered wood or floating floors as l
think both are cheap looking.And l do not see why solid hardwood over 2 layers of plywood over 1 layer of a vapor barrier is really all that different from an engineered floor.After all, an engineered floor is basically a wood veneer over plywood. Anyway, I am really looking for stories of people that have tried solid hardwood flooring in a basement setting, how they did it (floor prep, subflooring, vapor barrier, etc), and if it was successful or not. I've already read, ad nauseum, about all the reasons one should use an engineered or floating floor instead of hardwood.So any comments of that nature wo not be helpful to me. The following 2 articles hint that it perhaps can been done successfully: So does anyone have experience (good or bad) with putting down solid hardwood flooring in a basement setting?
this is why it was better to have real professionals rather
than a bunch of retards at home depot! you HAVE to put down some type of
strapping before building ur sub-floor. i did brazillian cherry in a
basement in mi & i got my info from old, wise guys who did wood floors
their whole lives. we are getting rid of those people by the millions so
good luck with that but you need at least 2x2 is on the vapor barrier
before you lay plywood or whatever. i wouldn't use plywood though. it is all about holding fasteners & plywood is a very poor substitute for solid wood. i don't even use plywood as a roof deck because i build permanent roofs. if you don't do this properly then you are completely wasting ur time & money. stop disrespecting SKILLED trades, believe it or not, they really do require SKILL.
At this point what I would do is seal up the Plywood, then
install the floor. The next & most important thing you can do to have
piece of mind is to get a great dehumidifier. Mold can not grow if you
keep the relative humidity below 55%. This will also keep the hard wood
floors moisture content low. You can have the unit installed in an
unfinished area & have it ducted in to the finished area with grates on
the walls. Same as you would in the upstairs. The other thing you may want to consider is a battery back up for ur pump assuming you have one as you mentioned french drains. This way you can have piece of mind even with a power failure that the basement will not flood. Here is a link to a good dehumidifier. http://basementsystems.com/dehumidifier.html#
I put a Mountain Ash(hardwood) floor in a ski lodge a few years
ago to allow water seepage to go to the french drain at one end of the
basement as there seemed to be no way to absolutely stop the seepage
during the spring thaw .
Over your vapour barrier, and on top of the 3/4 ply, lay some joists
http://awc.org/calculators/span/calc/timbercalcstyle.asp and then fix the
flooring . The floor I laid has now seen 3 spring thaws and seem ok . Kindest John
I have not experienced this application. But I know their is
multiple environments, which play a part of the issue.
Keep your environment dry. Even the humidity. I then, believe your project
is a success.
I hate to tell you this but, unless you laid down waterproofed
furring & channeled it to drainage, what you've done so far isn't going to
be sufficient for any kind of floor covering. What you've done will last
for a while but, it is going to take moisture & it is going to need to be
replaced in a matter of a few years (if that). Beyond getting the
sub-floor right (and you use polyethylene, not roofing paper) you would
need to waterproof the backs of ur floorboards.with mastic. The boards cannot take ANY moisture. Honestly, on big jobs like this, you really need to actually talk to professionals.and for this kind of work, ''old-timers'' at that. My condolences, Number6
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