N/A - DuraGrid Flooring

[Rob Schaffer]

Anyone have experience with DuraGrid flooring or a similar product?

I am working in our basement and refinishing the laundry room area. Our house is nearly 90 yrs old, so reworking the plaster on the stone foundation and sealing is the main project. With the old floor slab, the floor is damp and occasionally gets small puddles coming up through the floor after heavy rains. We have everything lifted off the floor anyway, but I wanted to finish the floor in a nice way.

The epoxy systems aren't recommended, while they can be used, they may peel away and have a shorter life than in a conventional basement.

This Duragrid seems like a nice product to give us a decent finished floor, still able to have water flow to the floor drain below it, and mildew/mold resistant. I figure someone may have used this in their home, garage, or hangar. Any thoughts?

 

[AdamZ]

Rob there is another product they sell at Lowes it is a lamiate type hardwood looking floor with a grid on the bottom. I was very impressed with it. You can get it with the hard wood lamiate attaced or a pressboard top ( less expensive) that you can lay your own flooring on top of.

 

[GMascelli]

....... You can get it with the hard wood lamiate attaced or a pressboard top ( less expensive) that you can lay your own flooring on top of.

I would think the "pressboard" may absorb wet or damp situations and maybe cause a mold/mildew problem.

The DuraGrid is a pretty cool product from the web pages. I would also be interested in more info or any reviews.

 

[Rob Schaffer]

I received a sample of the duragrid from the manufacturer yesterday, pretty nice stuff for a utility space. I also have another brand sending me a sample that has a vinyl tile enlaced in it looking like a wood floor tile or marble tile. You can get that one with carpet too, but I don't like that idea. I'll post pics of both samples when I have them.

 

[AdamZ]

I would think the "pressboard" may absorb wet or damp situations and maybe cause a mold/mildew problem.

The DuraGrid is a pretty cool product from the web pages. I would also be interested in more info or any reviews.

Thats what I'd have thought but apparently not. What the do to it I don't know. Worth a look see though.

 

[Kelvin]

I have a truck load of it...

It is my hangar...love it...

 

[kyleb]

Rob there is another product they sell at Lowes it is a lamiate type hardwood looking floor with a grid on the bottom. I was very impressed with it. You can get it with the hard wood lamiate attaced or a pressboard top ( less expensive) that you can lay your own flooring on top of.

My employer manufactures a bunch of hardwood, engineered hardwood, and laminate flooring. You don't want any of those products in a damp (even worse, wet) environment. Aside from the swelling and buckling, you also get mold and mildew.

 

[Let'sgoflying!]

what if you drop a tiny part or screw down those holes....can you fish it out? or take up just a part of the floor?

 

[Kelvin]

Taking up the floor at any point is literally a snap...BTDT...

 

[weilke]

This Duragrid seems like a nice product to give us a decent finished floor, still able to have water flow to the floor drain below it, and mildew/mold resistant. I figure someone may have used this in their home, garage, or hangar. Any thoughts?

I have worked with something similar in a food processing plant many years ago.

If you put down this 'grid' in the kind of basement situation you describe, you'll have to take up the 'tiles' every couple of years, haul them outside and clean them with a pressure washer. While the tiles sit in the driveway to dry, you can entertain yourself with cleaning several years of nonspecific dirt that is laid out in a nice grid pattern on your basement floor

From what you describe, this sounds like a very good match for your application. I would stay away from anything wooden or carpeted.

 

[AdamZ]

My employer manufactures a bunch of hardwood, engineered hardwood, and laminate flooring. You don't want any of those products in a damp (even worse, wet) environment. Aside from the swelling and buckling, you also get mold and mildew.

Then either the mfg is blowing smoke or my recollection of the product is lacking ( very possible) as this product was specifically designed for basement floors. There was a black plastic grid that raised the flooring mmm perhaps a 1/4-1/2 inch. Almost looked like a plastic waffle iron n the bottom. Ugh now for my own sanity I've got to go find this stuff.