Hello!
We have bought a house (not yet moved in) where we have a bedroom in the basement today with waterborne underfloor heating and tiled floors.
We are considering installing laminate or parquet there.
When we spoke with the surveyor a while ago, we mentioned this, and according to him, it would be okay as long as the underfloor heating is on. But is it really so?
I don't know what the foundation looks like right now. Nor exactly what was done for the subfloor when the heating was installed.
The house is a split-level house, built in 1962.
In the inspection report, it says:
"Foundation construction: Basement with concrete slab on the ground, surface layer of tiles and painted surfaces. Foundation walls of concrete, internally plastered and painted"
I just get more confused the more I read about moisture and moisture migration. The underfloor heating was installed 9-10 years ago, and there were no elevated moisture levels during the inspection.
The house was also drained in '05. About this, it states:
The basement's external moisture protection was renovated with new drainage pipes and stormwater pipes to a soakaway pit, as well as moisture protection mat with external insulation against the foundation walls.
The whole house also has an FTX ventilation system installed as well as geothermal heating. If this has any significance.
Can someone help me with how I should think here? And what do I need to find out?
We have bought a house (not yet moved in) where we have a bedroom in the basement today with waterborne underfloor heating and tiled floors.
We are considering installing laminate or parquet there.
When we spoke with the surveyor a while ago, we mentioned this, and according to him, it would be okay as long as the underfloor heating is on. But is it really so?
I don't know what the foundation looks like right now. Nor exactly what was done for the subfloor when the heating was installed.
The house is a split-level house, built in 1962.
In the inspection report, it says:
"Foundation construction: Basement with concrete slab on the ground, surface layer of tiles and painted surfaces. Foundation walls of concrete, internally plastered and painted"
I just get more confused the more I read about moisture and moisture migration. The underfloor heating was installed 9-10 years ago, and there were no elevated moisture levels during the inspection.
The house was also drained in '05. About this, it states:
The basement's external moisture protection was renovated with new drainage pipes and stormwater pipes to a soakaway pit, as well as moisture protection mat with external insulation against the foundation walls.
The whole house also has an FTX ventilation system installed as well as geothermal heating. If this has any significance.
Can someone help me with how I should think here? And what do I need to find out?
Have you considered wall-to-wall carpet instead?
There are ones made for basements with moisture risk.
Is it possible to ask the seller what preparatory work was done in connection with the underfloor heating?
Most are kind and answer a small number of questions.
Laminate floors tend to feel cold.
There are ones made for basements with moisture risk.
Is it possible to ask the seller what preparatory work was done in connection with the underfloor heating?
Most are kind and answer a small number of questions.
Laminate floors tend to feel cold.