Plastic Moisture Barrier Under Carpet On Concrete

They look similar to carpet padding but they have a plastic film on the surface to block moisture.

Plastic moisture barrier under carpet on concrete.

Density rebond carpet pad with moisture barrier 37 sq. Without the proper moisture barrier vinyl flooring acts as a moisture barrier causing it to buckle bubble and lift. Our moistureblock is a 6 mil polyethylene film vapor barrier that is used during the installation process with floating laminate luxury vinyl planks and engineered wood floors. A concrete vapor barrier is simply a sheet of polyethylene plastic visqueen placed directly on top of the sub grade before the concrete floor or slab is poured to help keep moisture from the soil from passing up through the concrete.

Moisture barriers as the name implies set up a protective barrier to block moisture from reaching the pad and the carpet. Vapor barriers come in two types 6 mil vapor barrier roll. Concrete may seem very dense but it is actually full of small pores that will absorb water from the ground. Concrete absorbs and retains water and the moisture can seep into the carpet padding and then into the carpet.

We are looking for a product that can be laid on a concrete slab to act as a vapor barrier between the concrete and the carpet we plan to put in our basement.