Moisture barrier padding is floor padding that has layer that prevents liquids spills urine etc from passing from the floor to the floorboards and it also prevents vapor from coming up from the base floor concrete etc through the carpet.
Vapor barrier carpet.
With a vapor barrier everything below the vb will accumulate moisture until it matches what is in the soil and that is undetermined.
Any kind of persistent moisture will allow mold to get a foothold and soon ruin carpet or wood flooring.
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If you have grass the soil is moist.
I would recommend raven industries vaporblock 20 plus or the vaporblock plus 6 as two of the better ones since they also block out radon methane and voc s.
Any of our vapor barrier types of products can be used in this application over the concrete slab.
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Installing a moisture barrier underneath your carpet is a always a good idea.
The old plastic square test is not reliable enough to risk your time and materials on.
The hope of this type of padding is to make moisture less of a headache.
Moisture barrier padding is more costly than a standard rebond type of carpet padding.
A moisture barrier is installed right beneath your carpet so that if any liquid is spille d it will not seep through ti the floor base.