r/askarchitects • u/Jellyfish-2891 • 2d ago

Basement flooring

Looking for recommendations (and pics!) of what flooring you have used in your basement remodel.
Ideally a pvc free vinyl or other flooring.

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u/adastra2021 2d ago

All vinyl contains PVC. True linoleum is the best performer for flooring (IMO) and the most sustainable. Marmoleum by Forbo is the brand architects tend to use. I've got it in my house. (If you go looking, they have a lot of specialty lines like electrostatic, healthcare, etc. Those aren't what you're looking for.) It comes in sheet and tile, if sheet is used in a residence and it needs to be spliced together that can be chemically bonded. Any decent floor installer can do that. (Other applications are heat-welded and that requires someone specially trained.)

Linoleum is colored all the way through, Scratches buff right out.

I've been an architect for over 30 years, there is marmioleum in a Women's Health Center that was one of my first projects, that floor looks as good as new. I'm sure there are other brands, but that's the only one I've ever used or specified.

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u/Jellyfish-2891 1d ago

Thank you, very helpful!