Basement Flooring

What flooring do you have in your basement and why? We have a dry basement that is partially above grade so realistically never have a water issue, unless it comes from gutters not draining or an overflow with our washer. This is for a family room. Thanks!

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We have carpet in our family room, and are putting in a laminate fake wood in laundry room, and our office. I didn't want to use tile Bc I figured it would get too cold, and the laminate looks good and doesn't get that cold.

Eta- the laminate is also rated for kitchens/bathrooms, which was another reason we used it since the laundry room is technically a half bath as well.

Message edited 10/25/2015 4:59:13 PM.

Basement Flooring

We had carpet throughout the whole finished basement except for a tile path that goes from the door to the garage to the stairs. That is until a pipe broke under my upstairs kitchen sink while we weren't home causing the water to come in from the basement ceiling and ruin the carpet.

We just put down Trafficmaster Allure vinyl flooring to replace it. It looks really nice. Our contractor said it was a smart choice because not only is it very inexpensive, but it's durable as well.

We have a mostly above ground basement and live at the top of a hill so we never thought we'd have to worry about flooding.

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We have tile in our basement with throw rugs on top so the kids can play on the floor without it being too cold (in the winter).

Basement Flooring

We are putting carpet tiles down there so if for some reason there is water we just have to take up the wet tiles and replace them. This way we do not have to worry about the whole floor getting ruined.

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We have pretty much eliminated carpet as I worry about it smelling musty...I am pretty much between tile and vinyl plank flooring...we don't want to do the vapor barrier for basements because we don't want to lose the height. I'm afraid of the tile being so cold under our feet, but I'm not sure there will be much difference between that and the vinyl.

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I just finished my basement and did carpet. Just has a warm feeling to it and figured more comfortable for my Son to play down there on.

I do have a section that I did tile right outside the laundry room.

Basement Flooring

We are working on our basement now- We're doing vinyl flooring with area rugs. we will carpet the stairs

Basement Flooring

We had carpeting until we had a flood. Then we did vinyl plank flooring that looks like wood. It's durable and easy to clean, but if water issues weren't a concern I prefer carpeting for a family room. Just feels more cozy to me.

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we have carpet, and tile underneath the washer/dryer

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We just redid our basement and we put in tile. However we were fortunate enough to also add radiant heat since we had to replace the concrete floor. We plan on putting down area rugs as well.

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5 rooms in basement. 3 are finished and carpeted. The other 2 (laundry and boiler room are unfinished with concrete floor).