Basement and Below-Grade Carpet in Pittsburgh, PA
Basements need carpet chosen for the conditions rather than carpet chosen for a living room. Concrete slabs pass moisture vapour continuously, even when they read completely dry to the touch, and standard rebond pad with a natural-fibre backing in that environment is how a basement develops a smell nobody can locate.
Synthetic backing, a moisture-tolerant pad and in many cases carpet tile rather than broadloom are the specification that actually works below grade. Carpet tile has a second advantage worth knowing: after a leak, a section can be lifted and replaced rather than the whole room.
Carpe Diem Floors assesses the slab at the measure across Pittsburgh, PA and specifies to what is actually there rather than to a catalogue default.
There is a test you can run yourself before we arrive. Tape a square of plastic sheet tightly to the slab overnight. Condensation underneath it in the morning means vapour is moving through, and that changes the entire specification.
Call Carpe Diem Floors at (888) 984-0848.
