Basement
Grey plank over a dry slab
Lakewood, 2026
A basement is the one room where the floor sits on concrete below ground. Denver air is dry, but a slab can still carry moisture up from the soil, and a wet spring can bring water in.
The rigid core planks we lay are fully waterproof, click together over a thin underlay and float above the slab. If a pipe bursts, they can be lifted, dried and laid again. A 300 square foot basement usually takes one day.
Engineered wood is real wood on a stable plywood core, so it moves far less than solid boards and looks like the hardwood upstairs. It needs a moisture test on the slab and a vapour barrier below it.
If the basement has ever been wet, choose vinyl plank.
Let the way you use the room decide, not the price per square foot.
Either way, we test the slab with a moisture meter before we quote, so you know which floor the room can take.
