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And take all this with a grain of salt - I've only done a bunch of research but don't have experience with any of these products (yet)

Hi Boston engineer. . .fellow engineer here (from Missouri, although I used to live in the greater Boston area) I’ve been doing a lot of similar research as I’m planning on installing glue-down LVP in my basement. Mine is newer (1985), but does not have a vapor barrier under the slab so I have...

Always nice to meet others from Missouri. Thanks!

Haha I am an engineer, albeit an electrical engineer so that doesn't help much with flooring. Thanks! I do have a tendency to overthink/overplan for projects. Usually serves me well, just makes the projects take 2-4x longer than they should. Will post pictures when I'm done but it will be a...

That was my thought too. Thanks for pointing me toward the Ardex MRF for leveling out the low spots. Is it also beneficial to use it as a skimcoat on the entire concrete floor prior to applying adhesive? Or would you just stick to using it in the low spots?

Thanks, good to have a datapoint with Floorcity.com. I did an anhydrous calcium chloride test (purchased from Amazon). But are you saying that professional testing (e.g. in-situ testing) would still be useful?

Thanks, this is good feedback. I wouldn't call it rough or irregular, and the surface is actually pretty smooth. It's just that it's a bit wavy with a lot more height variation in a 6' span that the datasheet recommends.

Hi all, I am finishing my basement (~1500 sf) and my tentative plan is to install glue down vinyl plank flooring. I am leaning toward Armstrong Natural Creations vinyl plank. I did a bunch of durability tests on samples, and it was by far the best (couldn’t scratch it with keys/coin/etc. Could...

Hello everyone! I recently found this forum and it looks like there is a ton of valuable advice here. I'm a fairly experience DIYer working on a pretty large basement finishing project (~1,500 sf). I'm planning to use glue-down LVT for the first time so I'll be picking your brains on a few...