Laminate vs carpet for basement kids play room.
steve-u
15 years ago
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Comments (7)The earth underground is 50-55 degrees F for much of the USA. Carpet and pad are very good insulators. This is important if you use the basement in the wintertime. Concrete/tile/stone are very poor insulators and the floor will feel cold. Of course, this is not an issue if you have radiant floor heating. Engineered wood or laminate are somewhere in-between for insulating value but not nearly as good as carpet and pad. I think replaceable carpet tiles with attached pad would be the ideal basement floor. I have never used this type of product. I'm not a huge carpet fan, but it works well in our basement with kids. We have a 1/2" nylon pile and standard pad that is soft and easy to clean in a darker color to hide stains. Ours is a bi-level, so we do have regular double hung windows for decent light and the walls are a light color. Insurance will take care of the backup or water heater flood or sump pump failure if it ever happens. Thankfully, our sewer line has no trees between our house and the main. The water heater is also new. The sump pump is the only real risk. I will be installing a battery backup in the near future as the power does go out here fairly often during big thunderstorms when it rains heavily. I have been home on two occasions when I had to bail the sump pump well, very LUCKY!...See MoreFlooring for basement-Laminate vs Marmoleum?
Comments (2)I am trying to decide on the same issue. We have carpet in most of our basement. One area I want to put down a type of floor that will be good for a playroom for the kids. An area where they can paint, draw, and keep their toys. When I have family gatherings this area will serve as extra seating for eating. I want it to look nice, not cold on the kiddos feet, easy to clean, and durable. That's not too much to ask. LOL. My flooring guy suggested duraceramic becasue it is not as cold or hard as tile. Any suggestion on what type of flooring would be best? or any opinions on duraceramic?...See Morecarpet vs. 'wood' in family room
Comments (11)Parma you brought up a great point. What you can't see in the room is the other wall which has a large bump out bay window with a wooden window seat, wood frame, etc. all matching the top of the coffee table. Maybe it will look to much wood in that room. Something is sitting with me putting more wood in that room...I was so excited to do it b/c my husband can install the wood and save a good bit, etc. Maybe carpet is the way to go. This is the third carpet in this room in 10 years I am embarrassed to say. Nothing wrong wtih any of them, I just have realized berber isn't my thing - no matter what shade, etc. I just dont' like it I guess...Hopefully some carpet fans respond with some pictures or even a photoshopper to put carpet down. that would be a dream!!! thanks.. M...See MoreBasement laundry room vs 2nd floor laundry closet?
Comments (15)I have laundry in the basement-- have a laundry chute direct to the laundry. I have never wanted a laundry on the second floor but have wished that I had it on the main floor sometimes. Advantage to basement--usually have a lot of room (I don't). We can get really dirty sometimes, with gardening and landscaping projects. Can shuck the dirties in the garage or back entryway and drop down the laundry chute there (or in a bucket in the garage)...vs having to deal with them upstairs (where we have carpet). I wash clothes once a week. Smelly dirty laundry is in the basement; not stinking up the bedrooms. I have a clothesline strung in the unfinished part of the basement for drying rugs, mattress pads, sheets, jeans, etc. during the winter/ rainy days. As well as drip dry items that don't go in the dryer. The clothes line is also handy for hanging wet or damp dirty items to dry (like bath towels & kitchen towels) before they go into the dirty clothes hamper. I fold & sort items as I unload the dryer. Towel stack to the linen closet, DS's clothes in one stack, etc. Usually cart the basket to the main floor and someone else will haul it on upstairs. Have had three laundries that were in enclosed back porches and one just adjacent to the garage when I lived in the south. That arrangement worked really good and would be my preferred location for a laundry. Would not want W/D in a closet if it can be avoided. I use my laundry sink a lot as well as having the washer drain hose empty into the sink. (With a lint sock to keep lint and dog hair out of the sewer line--septic leach field if that's your situation.) You adapt to wherever the laundry is. Pros & cons to wherever it is. Main thing is that a home laundry beats the heck out of having to go to the laundromat! We've probably all had to do that at some time in our lives....See Moresteve-u
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