Are Hardwood Floors a Viable Option for Basements and Bathrooms?

Try as they might, luxury vinyl and designer tile still cannot fully encapsulate the allure of solid hardwood flooring. Granted, modern manufacturing methods have enabled life-like grains and rough textures in both vinyl and tile but your best flooring ROI is still going to be with solid hardwood flooring.

The reasons that hardwood flooring is so alluring is aplenty and apt for almost every room in your home. There's no hardwood flooring type that is inviting as real hardwood is in a kitchen. No flooring can match the elegance of real hardwood flooring in a dining room. Real hardwood flooring also provides coziness and a relaxing vibe when installed in a bedroom or the living room. But is real hardwood flooring perfect for every room in the house?

As inviting and luxurious as it is, solid hardwood flooring does have two major enemies – water and humidity. It sure would be nice to have a comforting dark hardwood flooring installed in a bathroom or as a prime addition to a finished basement but unfortunately those are two areas where moisture and humidity are mainstays.

Installing Real Hardwood Floors in a Basement

One of the biggest benefits of Easiklip Flooring is that it is the real thing; solid hardwood flooring – not laminate or a compound made from smaller pieces of wood. Since basements are at such a risk of flooding and because water is so devastating to natural hardwood, you're usually better off going with tile in a basement. Generally speaking, there are many different flooring options for your basement. That being said, if your geographic area is safe from flooding risks, laying a 2mm damp-proof flooring membrane (underlayment) for your Easiklip hardwood floor to lay on, will protect it from any moisture seeping up from the concrete underneath making Easiklip solid hardwood floors a viable solution in your basement. Of course, feel free to contact us for an individual consultation for your specific home layout.

Hardwood Floors in a Bathroom

Aside from actual water, another very damaging component to solid hardwood flooring planks is humidity. When hardwood flooring is exposed to humidity, it has a tendency to absorb it and thus swell. Hardwood flooring will then shrink when its moisture content returns to it's acclimated state. That's a lot of buckling back and forth, especially in a bathroom where humidity might change 4-5 times a day as a family showers.

Hardwood Floors in Washrooms

Of course you aren't relegated to tile in any room where there's a drop of water. If your home happens to have a washroom/make-up room, Easiklip hardwood flooring is a perfect option. These areas of a home might feature a toilet and sink, but as long as there isn't a shower or bath, the threat to a real hardwood floor is minimized. In fact, hardwood floors in a washroom create a very laid back atmosphere that is peaceful and relaxing.

Even though some rooms in your home aren't a traditional option for hardwood flooring, never say never until you give us a call. We can evaluate your basement substrate or bathroom ventilation to see if your dream of hardwood flooring in these rooms really can come true.

About Easiklip Hardwood Flooring

Easiklip specializes in solid oak flooring for do-it-yourself projects, home renovations, new residential and commercial construction projects throughout Canada, the United States, Europe, and Asia. Our easy-to-install floating wood flooring has been the first choice locally and internationally for more than 15 years.

Buy your hardwood flooring from our online store and we'll ship it right to your door, anywhere in the continental United States and around the world. With all purchases, we include a 30-Day Money Back Guarantee.