Laminate Floor Basement Vapor Barrier

Installing laminate flooring on concrete steps.

Laminate floor basement vapor barrier.

No need to bother with large fold out low quality off spec construction grade films which can be bothersome and hard to use before the floor is installed. What makes this stand out from the 3 in 1 blue underlayment is the added noise barrier to reduce foot fall noise. When a laminate floor is installed over a concrete subfloor a moisture barrier must be used. This 3 in 1 underlayment can be used under any laminate flooring to allow your floor to float and create a moisture barrier.

Always use a vapor barrier. Most every laminate manufacturer will require a vapor barrier under laminate flooring. The laminate floor padding cost is 0 12 to 0 15 12 to 15 cents per square foot. A vapor barrier is the plastic film that stands between the concrete slab floor and your padding and laminate plank.

Padding can be used with most floating laminate floor installation. Our moistureblock is a 6 mil polyethylene film vapor barrier that is used during the installation process with floating laminate luxury vinyl planks and engineered wood floors. Topped by decorative vinyl squares or carpeting these tiles feature molded plastic bases that enable the concrete slab to. Also available are basement flooring tiles with a built in vapor barrier.

Swiss krono specifies that the vapor barrier for laminate floors must be 6 mil thick virgin polyester. A vapor barrier under laminate floor reduces damage interior vapor retarder over concrete subfloor.