Laminate in the basement, what speaks against it?

Good morning everyone.

I have 2 basement rooms. One slightly smaller room with all the technology like heating, electrical distribution, plus a platform with a washing machine, and a large room that is empty and honestly, I don't really know what I want to do with it. I could possibly imagine sleeping there for one or two nights in summer when it’s extremely hot, definitely not a party room, just as little as a sauna or fitness room.

No floors have been laid yet, and it annoys me terribly that I always spread dust from the screed throughout the house when I get something from the basement or bring something down.

Is there any reason not to equip the basement with laminate instead of tiles? There is no underfloor heating and let's leave aside water damage from the washing machine or heating. Laminate with impact sound insulation and baseboards is already available for around 5-10€, which should be more than enough for the basement.

Shouldn't be a problem. I assume that it is a (relatively) dry new construction basement. We also installed laminate in the basement hallway. However, I noticed that due to the lack of heating, the humidity is currently noticeably higher than on the ground floor or upper floor. This becomes apparent because the expansion joints at the wall connection have noticeably shrunk after about 3 months, meaning the laminate has expanded quite a bit. Therefore: Either store the laminate unpacked in the basement for 3 months before installation or provide accordingly wide gaps.

No problem, the basement has to be luxuriously equipped as well.

So I would prefer tiles, then you are done for all time. Really, with the 5 euro stuff you won't have any long-term joy. It can be worth asking for leftover tiles.

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I also haven't come across the fact that one doesn't know what to do with vacant rooms. Hobby?
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I would also rather take laminate that costs a bit more, basically the same laminate as in the bedroom and the dressing room.

The house is a new build but has already been standing for several months now and the humidity in the basement is pretty much the same as in the rest of the house.

Of course I have hobbies but I don’t need a basement for that. In the end, I have to admit I could have just as well built without a basement. But sure, it’s good for washing, I wouldn’t know where else to put the machine.

If I were to really decide on laminate, I also simply find that it’s much less work to lay compared to tiles.

Hello, I would like to revisit this topic because I currently have the same "problem." About 1 1/2 years ago we bought a used house (built in 1993) and the previous owner only used the basement as a storage room, just as we do at the moment. I would now like to lay laminate flooring in this room to use it as living space (party basement, fun and play area for the kids, etc.).

The basement has perimeter insulation and the screed was laid floating (visible at the edges = insulation layer + foil). The building inspector conducted moisture measurements at the time and said everything was dry. Since it is a large room of about 48m^2, two screed areas were created (the separation can also be seen in the pictures, where the longboard is standing). A heater will still be installed in the back left corner next to the chimney. Maybe at some point a small stove will be added as well.

I would now lay impact sound insulation with Aquastop under the laminate.

Is there anything speaking against this plan? Would you transfer the joint between the two screed areas into the laminate or simply lay over it? Does the direction of laying possibly make a difference here?

I know that vinyl flooring is preferable here, but these floors are said to be very environmentally harmful over their entire lifecycle, not to mention that there is a noticeable price difference. I don’t want tiles because it wouldn’t feel cozy and I can’t/won’t do it myself.