The underside of each thermaldry tile features nubbed construction to create a drainage plane as well as a thermal break to shield your feet from the cold concrete floor.
Thermal dry flooring.
Water evaporating from surfaces lowers temperatures.
Installing this flooring material can make your basement 8 10 degrees warmer and will make your home much more energy efficient.
Heat flows from a room into cold concrete and the cold surrounding earth.
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Thermaldry tiles also have a built in drainage plane that allows condensation and other moisture to remain isolated from your finished flooring.
The interlocking floor tiles will provide a air space between your concrete floor and the hardwood flooring.
Thermaldry basement flooring creates a thermal break between your finished basement and the cold basement floor.
In fact the thermaldry underlayment system creates a moisture and thermal barrier to keep your finished flooring dry and comfortable at least 8 10 degrees warmer than the concrete surface.
For starters they create a drainage plane beneath the finished floor surface allowing water to drain or simply evaporate rather than get forced up between flooring tiles.
Also thermaldry will create an inorganic barrier that will never grow mold or rot between the basement.
The high density pvc plastic used to form the body of thermaldry flooring tiles is strong durable and immune to moisture damage.
A damp floor is a cold floor too.
The nubs also help to create a thermal break between the concrete and the finished floor surface.
Call your local total basement finishing contractor today to get a free estimate on thermaldry elite plank flooring or any of our other flooring products for your basement.
The nubs are important for several reasons.
Thermaldry elite plank flooring offers all of this and more.
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