Question about Floor/Carpet in Basement with Moisture Risk

[Jimmie Hellström]

Hello!
I live in a house with a basement. The house is on what they call a sand bed. The house is mostly drained. Well-executed and with a drainage pump. After a few years, we installed another pump in the basement stairwell. We still get moisture on the floor in the basement. We've had several professionals scratching their heads. Enough about that. Without spending a fortune, we have bought breathable floor mats. Can we lay click flooring with holes in it that is plastic underneath and then our floor mat? I attached a picture of the type of panel I'm thinking of. Thanks in advance. Jimmie

 

[BirgitS]

There are rugs intended for basements with a risk of moisture. These can be laid directly on the concrete. Is that the kind of rug you want there or some other type?

There might be a risk of feeling the pattern of those tiles through a rug.

 

[Jimmie Hellström]

There are carpets intended for basements with a risk of moisture. Those can be laid directly on the concrete.
Is it such a carpet you want there or another type?

There might be a risk that you can feel the pattern in those tiles through a carpet.

I have already laid such a carpet. This one has started to smell. That's why I removed it again. Too much moisture that comes now and then. Maybe I'll try with a package of plastic tiles. See how it feels.

 

[z_bumbi]

If the plastic tiles are lying loose on the floor, they will move. So you need to attach some tiles at regular intervals until they are stable. Even if you choose a model with a smooth top, you will see and feel seams through the carpet. I have previously had Bergo on the balcony and have it under parts of a lifting platform today, so I like them, but not as ventilated flooring under a carpet.

If the floor is so damp, I might just go with Bergo; it's not exactly a basement that you decorate in a way that requires more. Then there are Platon mats and the like, but that's not my area.