You're currently viewing posts by Pinsider fezmid.
Click here to go back to viewing the entire thread.
Look into a product called Dricore. It's basically a plastic bottom with little feet, and then a layer of wood on top of it. It insulates the floor a bit, and if you get water in the basement it flows underneath the drycore, saving your carpet. You can then put the low pile commercial carpet on top of it. It makes the floor MUCH more comfortable to walk on as it feels like a "real" floor instead of concrete. It's especially nice in winter if you live in a cold climate.
Quoted from toyotaboy:Have you installed this? I considered making at least part of my basement nice, but didn't want to attach flooring directly to the concrete.
Yup. I installed it in my last house and absolutely loved it -- as did my wife. The water protection is nice, but the biggest selling point for me is that it feels like a real floor and not a basement floor. When we bought our new house and did the basement, installing it was a requirement.
Quoted from Rdoyle1978:This is what I did in the areas of the basement that tend to get damp; we have arcade/bowling alley low pile carpet on top of it
I actually have regular carpet on mine, but since the OP wanted to be able to nudge pins better, it's not the best solution. Works for me though, I'm hardly an expert player, and it looks/feels nicer on feet. 
It won't be dricore - that's basically a subfloor.
I would personally be very concerned putting carpet directly on the cement as the surface is pourous and moisture can be an issue.
Quoted from LesManley:I did the same thing as Bryan Kelly. Commercial grade black light carpet directly glued to concrete. I have had it for several years now and no moisture, no smell and still looks like new. If I could go back, I wouldn't do it any other way.
And if you look closely you can also see I added a touch of sophistication with a set of pinfooties under each game.
Wouldn't be the first time someone told me I was just paranoid about everything. 
You're currently viewing posts by Pinsider fezmid.
Click here to go back to viewing the entire thread.
Wanna join the discussion? Please sign in to reply to this topic.
Great to see you're enjoying Pinside! Did you know Pinside is able to run without any 3rd-party banners or ads, thanks to the support from our visitors? Please consider a donation to Pinside and get anext to your username to show for it! Or better yet, subscribe to Pinside+!
This page was printed from https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/best-flooring-for-pinball-tables?tu=fezmid and we tried optimising it for printing. Some page elements may have been deliberately hidden.
Scan the QR code on the left to jump to the URL this document was printed from.
