Just subbed Hello from lower Hudson Valley NY. Been tracking your product for a while. Now getting ready for purchase DC and flooding. Questions I have are 1. can peel and stick floor be adhered to DC without any additional materials? Straight on to the DC OSB. 2. Is an underpayment required on the concrete prior to install to possibly mitigate any damp or musty odors? Will have the area with vapor barrier walls, insulated, Drywall, heating, dehumidifier on outer surroundings. It would be a great help to my starting my project. (80sqft) Thank you in advance. God bless

I want to put the dricore down first. Then my framing on top. Can I drill the frame thru the dricore, into the concrete without compromising the dricore?

I just completed 400' sq. of my basement floor with this stuff. I then applied laminate flooring and did not use any underlayment (e.g. Quietwalk, etc.). Then I did another 65' sq in my basement bathroom (which I built during Covid 19). I am please with how it all came out. It all feels very firm, solid and noise free. However, I think it might also have to do with the fact that my laminate flooring is just slightly shy of 1/2" thick (12mm). Where I had to abutt the Insul-armor and couldn't use the tongue and groove (in a few places) I simply applied a generous amount of Tuck Tape and all seems well. Hope I'll be able to repeat this message in a couple of years. Paul

this was the best video i've seen on dricore insul-armor installation

$145/panel? Sorry but no. Make it cheaper than buying insulation + building framing and buying drywall and then we are talking.

I have purchased this already...plus, waterproof laminate flooring for basement. Hope to begin this week. QUESTION: Steve, would you use a felt underlay (like QuietWalk for example) on top of the Insul-Armor? Thanks Paul R.

Cool product. I would suggest doing your fire blocking up too before putting the panels up…

'Click' floating flooring over DRI-C , maybe, if your basement floor is close to dead level, if not you are likely to have oil canning or noticeable flexing.

can it be used on a shed, where it’s not concrete but wood?

Is this product okay over tongue and groove osb at a cottage and then lvp on top

Great idea that takes much longer than studs, insulation and drywall. End product is not as strong, not as high in R and not as repairable. Never.

These aren't as easy as the video makes them out to be. The concept is simple. The practice is vastly different with the materials I got anyway. They don't easily slip into the groove. I needed a hammer to bang them in. I used a hackzall to cut them. I'd be here 3 months with a hand saw. Bottom line. It's a cool system when you get past the learning curve, but if it were me, for the cost of this, I would have just just with drywall. It doesn't save that much time unless your ceilings are at 8'. Most basements where I live they're well under.7'. I'd give it a 6 if I had to rate it.

how to you raise a level concrete bathroom floor while also incorporating Dricore?

dricore products are a waste of money. Better to get something like DMX 1 step, then cover that with a better 3/4 OSB and tapcon to your concrete. Then you can add literally whatever flooring you want on top, and it will last years. If you go with this foam product, you can only add 1 type of flooring.

How do you fasten the plywood underlayment to Dricore?

great idea but the price is absolutely obscene. No thanks.

Can you use it on top of OSB boards on a bunkie and just use vinyl flooring on top?

Can you use these panels to add a partition wall in a basement to turn one room into two without additional framing?

So this replaces drywall plus insulation? All in one option vs insulation, framing and drywall? How does the raw material price vs drywall?

Does it have provisions for electrical?

Most if not all building codes require the basement to be insulated below grade so seems the extra foam insulation is not required and the panel should be sold without it or am I missing something.

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is there an adhesive you can use between panels?

Hi, I recently purchased your product from Home Depot. I have split level home and one of the bathrooms has a concrete floor that is below grade. Please let me know when installing your product 2’x2’ panels. Do I still need to put a moisture barrier underneath these panels? Before I Install them, I am installing XPR waterproof vinyl flooring that has 4mm composite core + 1.5mm luxury vinyl top layer + 1mm IXPE underlayment. Please let me know.

thats alot of patching on the walls since the panels are small also what about the ceiling?

Can you put laminate flloor directly over it?

Just to put into perspective carrying 6 boxes of this down into my basement took about 3 minutes flat !!!! Carrying the engineered hardwood took me 30 minutes. Even my wife helped, well with one box.....LOL

Do you need to use screws or other fasteners to secure it to the concrete floor?

Just did this. I found out it’s pretty important to really build up epoxy around the base of the ports. I had a couple that started leaking around the base because I didn’t use enough. Heads up to anybody watching this in the future.

2x2 tend nit ti be very straight. Also how can you hang a TV with no stud access

Hey, I have a question about using this to install in a basement with added in floor french drains and access to the drain cleanouts? Is there a recommended process?

Great idea but outrageously expensive for an EPS foam board, coming in at $2.25 sq/ft. If this was half the price it might be able to take the market by storm, but at this price level it will remain a niche product for custom homes where budget isn't as much of a consideration. The other problem is the product is not skinned on the bottom providing no vapor protection, even if it did the seems would need to be taped to have continuous seal. Studies have show when eps absorbs moisture, which it will from over concrete, EPS looses some of it R-value. It would seem a vapor barrier would be advisable under this product to prevent such issues.

Is this also a vapour barrier?

WOW...under 1lb! AWESOME...I'm feel so lucky I'm living TODAY with this tech and I'm going to lay it! RIGHT ON! Hey do you teach a course or something? At your house or somewhere?

EXACTLY what I was looking for as answer right here! @ 7:27 Thanks YOU nice lookin man! Your VERY WELL informed on this! Just picked up 2 boxes of this at Home Depot Sault Ontario to lay down in the Gazebo and I'm using LifeProof Luxury Locking Vinyl! I know I'll void warranties etc using it outside in a well sealed Gazebo however the simplicity of DriCore and Vinyl will produce amazing results not to forget the time and ease of install savings! PS your on the Manitou Island correct?

I'm not sure I would be comfortable tiling on that with the way you described it to be fastened to the floor.

I would like to put peel and stick flooring down.can I put this right on the dircore or do i need plywood in-between? Also Should I waterproof the plywood?

Will it work on ABS piping to seal water leaks

Great video. Thank you. I’m converting my outdoor shed with concrete slab to a workshop. It gets very cold in winter so thinking of putting this down. I would like to put a nicer floor on top of it. Can you recommend what kind of floor to put on top of this product for outside? Thank you

If not using the dricore subfloor, would you need treated lumber at floor?

2 questions because i'm planning to buy your product on the home depot website. 1- do we need to inject water in the crack before to activate the polyuretane ? 2- my crack is not really a crack, it is a joint between an old and a newer concrete wall (house/basement was extended 20 years ago, and the waterproofing they used worn out over the time and water leak in). The problem is the joint is in a corner, so how do i install the plugs ? Do i need to drill holes on one side in 45 degrees to reach the joint, seal the corner joint with epoxy and use the drilled hole with the plug to fill the crack with the product ??!!

Somebody help me please, video did not sat to inject water in before inject expand foam, but what I know, polyurethane need water to reaction expand, my question is do I need to inject water inside crack before I inject expand foam ?

Before injecting expanding foam into the surface port, do it need to inject water go in surface port for reacting with polyurethane and expanding ?

Coming from someone who does this as a living and has 20+ years in the business stopping water under low and very high pressures, I highly frown on this method. First off, for tight cracks the urethane will not penetrate and even if it did, you MUST use water to wet the concrete the entire diameter of the wall thickness. Without that the properties of the urethane cannot change from open cell to closed cell which makes it approximately 4x more dense. This is what prevents the water from coming through. This method will simply not last as it can take up to 2500 psi to open up a tight crack in concrete and for that special equipment is required so the psi can be adjusted in small incremental portions. First the crack should be injected with a crack cleaning agent. Second and only then it should be flushed with water. After the water stops dripping but the walls of the concrete are still wet, then inject the urethane. None of which is done in this video. Also this method should NEVER be done on horizontal cracks regardless of the size of crack as they are structural in nature unlike vertical cracks. Epoxy injection must be used for that and must meet all ASTM standards. Unfortunately this and other DYI kits fail not because the customer doesn't want to do the right thing and follow the instructions setout. The process itself is completely flawed and should not be sold in my professional opinion.

Should I apply a waterproof sealant on the floor before putting dricore?

How do you connect a standard wood frame wall to the Dricore panels?

Can I install OSB floor then tiles on top of insul armour panel ?

How deep into the concrete should the Concrete Screw go? Note: (Storage room) We are using the 3/4 inch Dricore subfloor system. The next project will be the entire basement installation will be the insul-armor, which has a very unlevel floor.

Looks like an interesting product, as long as you don't use hydronic heat in your slab.

Will this work for swimming pool concrete structural crack.