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

 

[EbS-P]

Cheap LVP is $2 a sq foot. Lay down plastic underneath. That’s got to be cheaper than glue down tile. I did a weird shaped 1200 sq ft basement in a day by myself. It’s not perfect. The plastic got bunched in a couple places. The floor wasn’t flat enough…. But it’s a basement, kids spilled Gatorade left a light stain. Baby colored it with pencils and crayons. Plumber dripped primer on it. I don’t care!

It’s way drier than the carpet and we had mold under the glue down bamboo. You must have a moisture barrier for a basement slab.