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Originally Posted by Madman
I put these down in a previous basement development and it was the best money spent on the entire process.
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Underlay and carpet right on top of it and it didn't feel like a basement floor at all, warm, quiet and soft. |
Yeah, mine was similar to these plywood squares with hard plastic on it, but the design allowed for more airflow than this. The basement hardwood floor was never really "cold" but it wasn't warm or inviting either. It was far better to jump onto the area rug, but I agree that hardwood floors for cleanup was way better than trying to clean carpet in the basement. The bare concrete of the undeveloped basement would be very cold prior to installing hardwood on top.
I can't imagine those plastic subfloor rolls being very useful on their own unless you're supposed to put plywood or something else on top of it prior to putting the floor down. But even then, I'd wonder if it'd compress over time and then you'd have no air gap underneath?
To do it proper for a high use area, it might be heated floors. But at bare minimum, a good subfloor makes a difference for the basement.