On Sunday, June 25, 2017 at 6:59:15 PM UTC-4, trader_4 wrote:
On Sunday, June 25, 2017 at 3:31:01 PM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 6/25/2017 2:53 PM, leza wang wrote:
Hi

The floor of my basement use to be covered by a carpet and underneath it a vinyl tiles. I removed both of them. I am not sure what the floor is made from. Not sure if it is cement of something else. My house was build in 1926.

I took a picture of this floor. you can see it here

http://tinypic.com/r/243nccm/9

My question, do you know from that pic which kind of floor is that (cement or something else). Also any recommendation how to keep it nice. Any material I can put it to clean it, make it better looking, shining etc. I had to remove both the carpet and vinyl because of the water.

Thanks a lotl.


Looks like concrete, just marked up from the tiles. You can tap it with
a hammer and it should be very hard and have a sound of solid. Thump a
concrete wall for an example.

Is the water problem solved? If so, I'd put a cheap laminate floor
down. It will look good and be fairly easy to clean.

Looks like concrete to me too. Painting it is one option. It keeps dust down and will make it look nicer. Also depends on what it will be used for.. And as someone else posted, make sure the water problem is really solved first.

Thank you all for the help. Yes painting is a good option. I do not want to put anything else for now. I like it that way. I mean not hardwood, tile etc. Now my question what kind of paint? is there any special paint for that?

About the water, the water come inside my basement when the snow start melting, only then I see water inside my basement. If it rains and no matter how strong the rain, my basement keeps dry. So I thought it is a crack in the foundation that allow the melting ice go inside my basement. Thank all once again.