5 Best Wood Floors To Use In Your Basement

Having a solid foundation for your basement floors is one of the first things you should decide on when building your basement. Your floor is integral to the look, feel and support of your home so it’s key to choose wisely.  Wood is always the best and timeless choice for your basement floor – but there are many wood options to choose from.

Bamboo Flooring

Bamboo is a good selection because most basements have sub-floors and a general atmosphere that is dense in moisture.  The high-humidity air would be very problematic for flooring made of solid wood, as over time the humidity would cause it to expand and contract. But the regular water-resiliency of bamboo will permit a bamboo flooring to keep more of its structural integrity than that of a solid wood floor in your basement.  

Floating

As moisture issues in basements are quite prevalent, another good choice is a floating basement floor. A foundation mounted with the floating fitting method does not need to be attached to the sub-floor, as the name would tell you. Floating floors allow for a moisture “fence” to be fixed over the concrete block of the basement to allow for a stronger protection against any humidity in the area.  

Laminate

Laminate is very popular because it is relatively easy to install and durable.

The optimal selection for a laminate floor basement is one that is melamine infused. This is a moisture-resistant additive that is added into the high-density fiberboard, giving the laminate installed your area that extra protection against any dampness or humidity.

Engineered

If having a real wood product is important to you, then an engineered wood is the way to go. It is constructed with a veneer of the preferred wood over undercoats of other wood. These floors are ideal for a basement mount because their building permits for them to stay physically sound as the basement climate changes around them and they come in a variety of styles.

Cork

Another preference available is cork flooring – which is a desired alternative as it is an earth-friendly flooring choice. Cork floors are typically created with a surface of cork on top of high-density fiberboard. Cork is naturally soft, which means that it’s solid for people who plan on standing on the floor a lot or doing a lot of activities in the area.