How To Lay A Waterproof Concrete Floor

Using a caulk gun and silicone seal fill the seams between the floor and the wall.

How to lay a waterproof concrete floor.

Determine your starting wall. Measure and mark the center of all four walls at floor level. Our laminate floor that we installed in the whole main floor interlocks to the row before it but then sits in a groove of the board next to it. Use a roller to even the paint or to apply a second coat.

Snap the chalk line over the top of the concrete or moisture barrier between the marks on opposite walls making a cross in the center of the room. Allow to dry for 24 hours. Then you lay it on the floor and work your way down the room. Plan to start perpendicular to the longest wall to keep cutting minimal.

The first row of planks is snapped end to end. This vinyl plank for this space. Fill any cracks in the floor as well. This method of basement floor waterproofing will reduce the height from the floor to ceiling by about 4 1 2 inches but the floor will stay dry.

Concrete floor waterproofing method 2. The final step in waterproofing your concrete basement floors is painting them with waterproof paint. Use a regular paintbrush to apply the paint to the floor so that you do not neglect any divots. The new floor will stay completely dry.

How to install drainage pipe. Most water coming up through the basement floor is because it has nowhere else to go. The piece of plank left over from the first row should be used at the beginning of the second row. Each package of vinyl plank flooring will have subtle differences in the plank pattern and color so.

Using the room measurements you found in the last step divide the room width by the plank width to determine how wide. When you start the second row the tongue of the first plank in the second row slides into the groove of the first row at a low angle.