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Old 01-11-2016, 12:28 PM   #821
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Originally Posted by OMG!WTF! View Post
I'm not sure exactly what you're up to and where you're at in the process but you don't want plastic over your concrete basement floor and under any finished flooring. It will just trap water and cause problems. You need it to breath. That's the idea of Dricore. Short of Dricore, you can get roll out underlayment that functions as a vapour barrier as well as padding and insulation. Every flooring manufacturer will tell you to protect their product from water coming up through basement concrete. However the way they tell you to do it is usually wrong.
I just followed all the instructions I had. It's a small bathroom(no shower) so I wasn't to concerned either way.
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