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basement floor
I looked at this a while ago and did not know where to start.
Ideally the basement should have a good french drain around it and a vapor barrier under the concrete slab.
If the basement is basicly dry you need to be aware that water vapor will be emmitted buy the concrete for years while it cures.
You can seal the concrete with something like water glass (sodium silicate) etc that will slow the water vapor escape.
On this you should be able to lay your underlay and carpet.
You can also lay the modular wood look flooring on this. It uses another thin layer of PE foam which enhances the water barrier. Most are water resistant.
Laying tile is not a problem also unless you have large cracks in the floor. I might use a crack prohibitor also to ensure that the tiles will not crack.
If you want solid wood floors then you can lay stringers but the problem is that the stringers and plywood need to be water proofed. The stringers will need to be nailed and glued to the floor to keep them from squeaking. Trapped water may cause mildew anyways.
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On the west coast a french drain around the parimeter of the basement was manditory. With hundreds of inches of rain you don't need to be a genius to know why.
Cutter what is the American drain? Is that what you had prior to fixing it? It seems to be the style I have seen in the states. In New England we moved into a new townhouse. They had set the duplex over a spring. Everything in the basement was set on pallets to prevent damage. The floor had a 1/4 inch of calk on it as the water in the basement had caused the float on the floor to be excessive. They had jack hammered up the floor and placed a parimeter drain around the interior wall. The sump ran nearly continuously.
I have a lot of clay here so I used a geofabric over the drains to prevent them filling with mud. In addition we placed clean outs to the ground surface at the corners to aid cleaning the drains periodically.
I used the insulated concrete forms for the walls of the basement so there is no sweating of the walls. Naturally we must have air conditioning there so there is little dampness in the summer.
The temperature swing here are so extreme with the humidity from the gulf that after a cold night the humid air can fill the barn, covering the cement floor with water and causing it to rain inside.
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Cutter;
Although I had a contractor inspect my first house it caught fire due to some one ignoring fire codes during construction.
My second house, was less expensive but I had to put in an expensive septic system due to failure to follow codes.
My third house burned after 4 months due to an electrical fire. (possibly lightning fire) I found the septic tank was also not to code.
My fourth house I built to replace the third.
I do not enjoy building but I will not have another mess again.
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