Flooring choice for basement/tank area

[therealshark]

i did some searching on it before i purchased it but couldnt find anything. i purchased it from homehardware.
here is a link to there. there is more options than the 4 shown here.
http://www.homehardware.ca/en/cat/se...resso+flooring

i think it was around $2.50 or $2.75 a square foot. kinda pricey, but no more than good quality laminate.

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by lastlight

Yes the stairs need to be done. Hence me not wanting to do carpet since I won't touch stairs...

Hardwood stairs can be pretty dangerous, especially if kids are around, hardwood stairs are also pretty expensive as you have to buy the nosing which costs around $60-$90 per stair. Carpet is much safer but hard to keep clean, installers do charge more for stairs but not that much more.

[lastlight]

Originally Posted by therealshark

i did some searching on it before i purchased it but couldnt find anything. i purchased it from homehardware.
here is a link to there. there is more options than the 4 shown here.
http://www.homehardware.ca/en/cat/se...resso+flooring

i think it was around $2.50 or $2.75 a square foot. kinda pricey, but no more than good quality laminate.

Oh they're press and go? Yeah I'm def wanting something that installs like hardwood. My experience with stick ons has been mixed.

Now that I look again they are planks...weird they call it press and go. Do these lock together?

[lastlight]

Originally Posted by sphelps

Hardwood stairs can be pretty dangerous, especially if kids are around, hardwood stairs are also pretty expensive as you have to buy the nosing which costs around $60-$90 per stair. Carpet is much safer but hard to keep clean, installers do charge more for stairs but not that much more.

Yeah somehow I keep getting excited about the floor and forget about the nose pieces. I suppose I could carpet the stairs and do the hardwood downstairs...

[therealshark]

this isnt the peel and stick stuff. it has 2 grooves that clip together, i used a rubber hammer. you will have to see it in person to see how easy it is.

[sphelps]

Another alternative is bamboo which is also good for basements and is solid throughout. Super hard and durable and doesn't absorb moisture plus is a green product . Also cork flooring is pretty popular in basements.

[lastlight]

so could i spill on bamboo? I'd really like to not do a tile border around the tank =)

[lastlight]

This looks nice:

http://www.homedepot.ca/webapp/wcs/s...k=P_PartNumber

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by lastlight

so could i spill on bamboo? I'd really like to not do a tile border around the tank =)

Yeah to a point, you'll still have to clean up any spills but it's suppose to be pretty good, plus it floats so it's easy to replace boards worst case. I almost did bamboo in my house, it looks really nice. The problem with laminate and vinyl flooring is they tend to look fake and cheap.

[lastlight]

I'm thinking some bamboo for the floors and a carpet on the stairs then. Thanks guys. So this stuff goes right on my dricore or do I need some sort of barrier as well? Just casually asking at this point I'd read up on whatever I end up buying later on.