Waterproof Basement Floor Matting Installed in Saint Cloud, Saint Paul, Minneapolis, MN
Custom Basement Carpeting
Many homeowners will opt for a custom carpeting for their finished basement floor. We recommend ThermalDry, our waterproof basement sub flooring, to protect their investment from mold and rot.
Protect your Basement Carpet from Mold and Moisture in Twin Cities
If you have your heart set on a carpeting design not offered by Total Basement Finishing By Portico, we have the perfect solution!
We are certified installers of ThermalDry Basement Floor Matting- a waterproof sub floor product designed specifically for basement finishing. For a free quote, call or e-mail us today!
Basement Sub Floor Systems
If you're finishing your basement floor, there are four common methods used by contractors and do-it-yourself homeowners to install carpeting:
- Install the carpet directly on the concrete.
- Build a wood sub floor on the concrete, then install the carpet on top.
- Lay down a plastic and chipboard sub floor system underneath the carpet.
- Place a waterproof sub floor underneath the carpet.
ThermalDry Basement Floor Matting
Our floor matting installs in an interlocking grid without grout or adhesives. It is compatible with tack strips, and it should outlast several generations of basement carpeting.
Click to see our ThermalDry Tile warranty (PDF) and ThermalDry Carpeted warranty (PDF).
Traditional carpeting, wood products, adhesives, and other organic materials are inappropriate materials to install directly on a basement concrete floor.
Concrete is a porous, absorbent material. If there is any moisture or water in the dirt outside of your home, this concrete is going to let it pass through. This moisture will slowly make its way through the concrete, eventually entering your home as water vapor.
If you have organic carpeting or wood on your floor, it will soak up that moisture. Eventually, these materials will grow mold, and wood floors may warp and buckle.
Plastic and chipboard sub flooring sounds like a better idea in theory, but it comes with one major design flaw. When installed, each floor tile has about ⅛" of chipboard exposed directly to the basement floor. This will take on moisture just as easily as any other sub floor material.
Of course, if your have a leak from your washing machine, water heater, pipes, or through the foundation, these materials will also be ruined.
ThermalDry Basement Sub Floor Tiles
ThermalDry Floor Matting, available in Minnesota by Total Basement Finishing By Portico, is an appropriate sub floor installing wall-to-wall carpeting or padding in a finished basement. These award-winning interlocking tiles create a vapor barrier on your concrete floor that will keep humidity from affecting your custom carpeting on top. These tiles are compatible with tack strips, and should outlast several generations of basement carpeting.
As an added benefit, ThermalDry floor tiles have a special design that lifts them off the basement floor. This creates a thermal break underneath that will make the surface of your ThermalDry tiles 8-10 degrees warmer than the cold concrete below!
In the event of a basement flood, normal carpeting will not generally be as easy to dry as our finished basement floor systems. However, it will provide you with a world of options when you're finishing your basement!
If you would like a free, no obligation basement floor finishing quote, call or e-mail us today! We serve the Minnesota area, including Saint Cloud, Saint Paul, Minneapolis, Osseo, Eden Prairie, Burnsville, Anoka, Andover, Lakeville, Hopkins, Saint Michael, Cottage Grove, Inver Grove Heights, Stillwater, Faribault, Elk River, Circle Pines, Hastings, Shakopee, Prior Lake, Champlin, Minnetonka, Northfield, Savage, Farmington, Rosemount, South Saint Paul and nearby.
We have a full line of basement finishing products. See our other options!
Wood Sub Flooring = Mold
Traditional basement finishing uses a wood subfloor with carpet on top.When this wood sub floor gets damp, it will rot, buckle, and grow mold. As humidity rises up naturally through the concrete floor, it accumulates under and these floors.
Sources of Basement Moisture
- Leaky Washing Machines
- Failed Water Heaters
- Old Basement Windows
- Foundation Flooding
- Bursting Pipes
- Upper Level Plumbing
- Humidity from Concrete
