Who has a tile floor in their game room?

[SpartyMAC]

Is that peel and stick vinyl planks? I would think water/leaks would weaken the adhesive. Looks good though, especially since actual hardwood wouldn't be anywhere near practical for that application.

It is kind of like peel and stick Pergo, where it locks together. They said it's for basements and areas with moisture issues. It was very easy to install. I have only had it for about 6 months now but like it. I might have gone with a lighter color if I had it to do over again. If you check out their website you can see all the color choices. It's not a cheap product and you could do tile or carpet for close to the same cost but I choose it for the supposed waterproof properties since I was putting it i a basement. My wife likes it so much she want so put it in the laundry room on the first floor so it does look good. If I trusted my basement I would have done carpet. Here is another pic.

 

[OldTymeToys]

We did something similar in our former house (basement TV room) and it definitely was noisier than carpet. This was exacerbated by the fact our furnace/hot water closet was adjacent to it, so when the furnace kicked on, you had to turn up the TV a few notches.

It also made for a refreshingly cool floor in the Summer and a downright chilly floor in the Winter.

But, it's definitely more moisture-resistant than carpet...

Since the room is only 11' x 12', I thought I could get a cool throw rug for the middle of the room to cut down on the echo.

Thanks guys- there are some great suggestions so far. I'll see what wifey thinks...

 

[Tonym]

Ive never seen a wall mounted soda machine

 

[88mph]

I just did my basement arcade with carpet tiles over a raised subfloor. I got lucky and found a guy on Craigslist who was selling some leftover carpet tiles for a low price.

FWIW, carpet tiles can be applied directly over concrete with pressure sensitive adhesive, and can be removed for drying or replacement if they get wet. I have been moving games on these tiles for the past two days an they are rock solid--none have lifted or moved when sliding games around.

I love the look of the stained concrete. That said, I wouldn't go that way due to the comfort factor. Standing on a concrete floor for extended periods gets uncomfortable.

 

[SpartyMAC]

Ive never seen a wall mounted soda machine

It's a Coinco CT-48 if you do google search on it you can find lots of good info, it is a great little machine. You can still find them on Craigslist for between 100 and 300 bucks.

 

[smisch]

Sparty Mac

That looks sweet dude!!

I went with carpet, I've had water issues. Backup sump fail and a tad bit of water. OUCH

New carpet later and now rod hole in wall is leaking. NICE Would be easy to fix if it wasn;t behind elec panel. yeah nice. Working on it this weekend before I burn it down. Thankfully games are on other side of basement.

Whatever floor you choose be sure your plugs and sumps are good to go.

 

[mrbill08]

After 2 homes with carpeted basements and water issues at each one (all freak accidents like "100 year rain", long power outage, foundation crack behind a finished wall, etc.). I tiled most of my basement floor in the house we live in now and have never looked back.

Nylon sliders for the vids and pins. I bought a used roomba on ebay for cheap and it works well on the tile floor. Washing the tile is no problem. Had a couple of water issues (leaking pipe from a bad solder joint, overflowed toilet in the powder room on the first floor) and the mop up was easy.

So my vote is anything that does not absorb water if it works for you.

Bill

 

[Tighe]

Troy (Killert6969) had an awesome basement arcade when I was at his place on Long Island last summer.

The has tile floor with black light responsive grout! When he turns the black lights on it looks like freaking Tron!

http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=119243&highlight=tile

I just saw that he is selling a whole bunch of his stuff because he is moving. Which is too bad because that basement was incredible!

Look at that Cliff Hanger:

 

[OldTymeToys]

Troy (Killert6969) had an awesome basement arcade when I was at his place on Long Island last summer.

The has tile floor with black light responsive grout! When he turns the black lights on it looks like freaking Tron!

That looks great! I like the dark tile too.

 

[tcleary]

I went with tile when I finished my garage for a game room. around 400 sq feet and tile only cost me around $1500 installed. tile is pretty cheap if you just go with the standard stuff. with a little over 100 sq feet you could go fancy for not too much I guess though, I just wanted something solid with a good scratch rating. I had it installed over the garage floor so little prep was necessary, prob helped with my cost. I prefer hard floors to carpet pretty much all around. if you want carpet get some area rugs to go on top. best of both worlds.

 

[hisnice]

i went with 18x18 tile which was a lot less seams for a sliding game to grab and chip a tile. But mine were a hard vinyl, which made them flexible enough to deal with imperfections in the concrete.

 

[OldTymeToys]

If I had a basement here in NC, I would skip the carpeting/tile floor altogether and go with stained concrete.

Believe it or not, wifey was very intrigued with this option. I'll be looking into it further.

 

[Silverunicorn]

Well, from experience the Mohawk click together laminate wood holds up pretty well in a flood, but not twice, LOL.

I was thinking of tile, but worried about the noise. I would not mind the pergo type floor again if I could guarantee we'd never see water, but that is something I can't do

The stained concrete is an interesting option, but I am really interested in this "waterproof" laminate stuff that SpartyMAC has.

My issue this last flood from the hurricane was not so much the wood floor, but the DeltaFL subfloor that was under it. Don't get me wrong, I think that the DeltaFl is a FANTASTIC product that does it's job extremely well. Once you get water higher than the subfloor though, all that water sits in the divots of the FL product, and THAT is what we had the biggest problem with. Our water was between the bottom of the wood (and underlayment pad) and the top of the Delta FL.

The ironic thing is that once we pulled up the wood, the areas UNDER the Delta subfloor were dry, proving to me that this product does precisely what it is designed to do if you get dampness or small amounts of water in a basement area.

I will be following this thread closely, as I need to redo our floors in the future.

Thanks to everyone that has had ideas in this thread!

Chris

 

[gorfchampion]

I used to have tile, which ended up water damaged and I had to rip it all out. I replaced the floor with garage grade epoxy. I did the entire floor for about $180, as opposed to the $800 I had spent on tile years before. The stuff is bulletproof, and water proof as well (ha ha) and looks great.

 

[OldTymeToys]

I used to have tile, which ended up water damaged and I had to rip it all out. I replaced the floor with garage grade epoxy. I did the entire floor for about $180, as opposed to the $800 I had spent on tile years before. The stuff is bulletproof, and water proof as well (ha ha) and looks great.

John, do me a favor and post a pic instead of me searching your threads. I'm curious now...

 

[Deadpool66]

I did the peel and stick vinyl tiles from Lowes and it cost me right around 500 dollars. My basement flooded many times recently until I discovered why and fixed the problem. The tiles are nice and water proof and make for easy clean up.

 

[Silverunicorn]

I did the peel and stick vinyl tiles from Lowes and it cost me right around 500 dollars. My basement flooded many times recently until I discovered why and fixed the problem. The tiles are nice and water proof and make for easy clean up.

This begs the question...."What was the reason it flooded?"

Chris

 

[gorfchampion]

John, do me a favor and post a pic instead of me searching your threads. I'm curious now...

Sorry it took me so long. Here's some pics:

 

[OldTymeToys]

Sorry it took me so long. Here's some pics:

Sweet John- thanks for the pics! The stained concrete has jumped to #1! There are two reasons why. The cost is significantly less and it would also be difficult down the road, say 5 years from now, to match up the tile down if and when we decide to finish the entire basement/laundry room area.

 

[Riptor]

I plan on doing my whole basement with the budget ceramic tile. You can get it for about .85 a sq ft. Tile is nice because if you crack one piece it is easily replaced.