Our experience with Empire Today

[EbS-P]

Even plank on a concrete floor can be difficult. Mine called for less than 1/8” variation in height across 6’.

I was no where close. It would have been $500-1000 just for pour down leveling. We mixed two full bags for the worst part.

Basements are hard. I almost guarantee if they did a tape down moisture test it would be too high. The would guess the slab was not poured with a vapor barrier. I would skip the glue down and install planks. My two cents.

The installer absolutely needs to be held accountable for not testing.

 

[brenndatomu]

We had old rubber backed short pile carpet glued down in the basement...came with the house. It was old n ugly...it got doused during a sewer backup and that was that, out it came.
Had to spending many hours scraping the glue/backing off.
Then I painted it with some of that epoxy garage floor paint with the color flecks in it. That has worked out very well.
Ton of work to do properly though...rented a diamond grinder to level a few spots, then acid wash it, then rinse, several times. Once dry the edges were taped, paint rolled in 1-2 yard squares, sprinkle flakes before dry...repeat on next square...has held up really well though! And wasn't expensive to do either...dunno what it costs now though