Flooring choice for basement/tank area - Page 2

sphelps · #1 05-19-2011, 06:37 PM

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 · #2 05-19-2011, 06:39 PM

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

lastlight · #3 05-19-2011, 06:42 PM

This looks nice:

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

sphelps · #4 05-19-2011, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by lastlight

This looks nice:

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

The tiger stuff is pretty ugly in person, thought about this myself but saw a whole floor done in it and almost threw up a little

And I like tiger wood which is what I put in my house. The regular bamboo is much nicer IMO.

lastlight · #5 05-19-2011, 06:48 PM

I'd love to find bamboo in a darker espresso colour. Then again that would show all the dust down here. I like the regular stuff as well.

sphelps · #6 05-19-2011, 06:44 PM

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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 · #7 05-19-2011, 06:46 PM

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.

sphelps · #8 05-19-2011, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by 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.

Bamboo need a liner.

StirCrazy · #9 05-20-2011, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by lastlight

I'm doing my basement and had a question for the handy folks on here.

I'm laying down dricore subflooring on top of my concrete foundation. What I finish the room with is still up in the air

1. Carpet
2. Engineered hardwood

I know it's generally bad to lay down real hardwood in a basement but I have heard from some that the engineered stuff is ok? Tank and fishroom are vented outside so the basement won't be anymore humid than a normal basement.

Thanks!

make sure the engineered you buy is rated for below grade instalation or you will void the warenty. I personaly have not seen any engineered that is reated for below grade but I am sure there is at least one out there. I went with Lamanate as it is rated for below grade.

Also with the dri core. don't use it. there are a lot of people who are very disapointed with it as they have to yank it out after a flood due to it swelling. I was going to use it myself till I started reading into it. also it is very expensive. I ended up going with a super seal product myself.
http://www.superseal.ca/all_in_one_subfloor.html

I put this down and tuc taped it, then put a good underlay down and tuc taped that, then put my lamanate flooring down.

Steve

Dez · #10 05-20-2011, 03:03 PM

All of my aquariums have been on laminate throughout the last 8 years or so. So far so good. Set up your aquariums well and you should be okay. Most spillage would be in your fish room anyway. Even after I moved from my last place the laminate under all fish tanks looked great. I had one aquarium with a steel stand and I had to use rust remover to clean the laminate buy it looked fine after cleaning. Hope this helps.