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Descant · 02-28-2019, 12:08 PM

Sounds like you may need to solve the moisture problem first. If your ceramic tile 'sweats' and you install something on top of it, won't that just trap the moisture and promote a great place for mold? Where is all the moisture coming from? If the perimeter drainage is bad, is the concrete soaking it up and then releasing it in the house? There are products, mostly designed for finishing basements, that provide a small airspace between a concrete floor and sub-floor. You may want to consider that before the laminate goes down. Of course, the more you add, the more you have to fix door heights, baseboards, etc. If you hire a professional and get some sort of guarantee, that might be a consideration . If you just go to HD and buy material and install it yourself then you're on your own if the moisture continues to be a problem. Let us know.

02-28-2019, 12:08 PM	#5
Descant Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Merrimack and Welch Island Posts: 4,479 Thanks: 1,390 Thanked 1,667 Times in 1,086 Posts	Moisture Sounds like you may need to solve the moisture problem first. If your ceramic tile 'sweats' and you install something on top of it, won't that just trap the moisture and promote a great place for mold? Where is all the moisture coming from? If the perimeter drainage is bad, is the concrete soaking it up and then releasing it in the house? There are products, mostly designed for finishing basements, that provide a small airspace between a concrete floor and sub-floor. You may want to consider that before the laminate goes down. Of course, the more you add, the more you have to fix door heights, baseboards, etc. If you hire a professional and get some sort of guarantee, that might be a consideration . If you just go to HD and buy material and install it yourself then you're on your own if the moisture continues to be a problem. Let us know.