Good to know, thanks. I'm hoping that a good underpad and carpet will eliminate the clicking. I can also use Tapcons on this material as well if it seems to bounce a bit. This subfloor does take the shape of the slab better than the dri-core I tried. Hoping that will help. I can imagine that if putting down a laminate or vinyl plank you would hear quite a bit of noise underneath.
How did you find it with vinyl plank on it? Any clicking? What instructions after putting it down and taping it? Is this suitable for a 1978 house in cold winters? (Edmonton, Alberta)
Vinyl plank was ok as long as it has a cork/foam/cloth backing on it and the slab is reasonably flat. After it's down and the seams are taped, the flooring can go right over top. If you are installing carpet then I'd recommend fastening down any edges that are floating. I did this in one room that was carpeted. Tapcons and washers (2 per panel edge) along the outside wall where the product was floating.
What type of flooring material did you put on top of this? I was looking for something like this to put down before reinstalling carpeting. Do you think it would hold up to the stretching involved in installing wall-to-wall carpeting?
We are going with carpeting and an underpad and a section of vinyl plank. I think it would hold up well especially since the tack strips would be nailed through the subfloor into concrete around the perimeter of the rooms.
no problem. One other thing to mention is that I framed the basement walls on top of the subfloor panels. This really locks everything in, but they hold together well without this.
Any experience with hydronic heated slabs?… I’m looking for floor covering ideas (carpet vs vinyl plank vs engineered hardwood). I don’t want to loss the ambient room heating quality. I’ve been told I can install these drycore type subfloor products that allow air circulation beneath any flooring option.
How has the dry barrier product held up? Any issues? Could you have installed without staggering the seams which would have made taping easier in both directions using full lengths? Btw, I’m thinking of using it under a 14’x14’ section of my basement under a rubber tile that will have a gym weight rack on top of it. Think this product would be better than using dry core?
It has held up very well so far and the basement floor is noticeably warmer. The way the locking tabs are on the product it forces you to stagger the pieces. But that makes for a stronger subfloor IMO.
Have you got anywhere with this? Lol. I started with the industrial style carpet squares only and found a mold musty smell when I was moving some around to add different colors as we made the area bigger and couldnt match the existing and I'm resorting to this or dricore as well. We have a big hoist elite 4 with leg press down there thinks its 680#, a leverage gym 250#, leg/hack squat machine 450#, a commercial arc trainer and other heavy items and 1200+lbs of plates I'm thinking it will be fine but...not 100% sure...the osb scares me that shit is like a sponge with moisture and drybarrier is way easier to work with especially if you ever do have a problem it's easy with the 2x2 carpet tiles and that product to just pull it all up.
Wanted to comment on this with my experience with drybarrier. TL;DR I think this product is garbage (no disrespect to the video author, seems very knowledgeable) and I would highly recommend to stay away from it. I laid about 1000 sqft of this stuff, under interior walls like this video. Following the manufacturers instruction for gaps along the wall. Supposedly those gaps are enough to prevent moisture buildup underneath. A few months later after all drywall is finished and painted and we’re about to put LVP down on top of the drybarrier, I noticed a mildew smell. After pulling up some panels there was mold growing underneath some, and it smelled horrible. So I removed some panels to act like “vents” - big vents. After another month same smell. The manufacturer recommends cutting vents, but there’s no way those little vents would create enough airflow under this stuff. I ended up having to tear it all out, cancelled LVP. Worst part was that it was underneath interior walls so I ended up having to spray foam underneath to “seal” it. I ended up going with an epoxy floor out of abundance of caution for moisture. Buyer beware.
