u/Ill-Sherbet-5844

Husband and I have been renting a basement for a few months from the family that lives upstairs. Home constructed around 2017-18. All the flooring in the basement is "wood" laminate and we started to notice in one of the bedrooms there are a TON of places with gapping between laminate planks and gapping between the wall and flooring. One area is bubbling/cracking now too. Just found out recently, the landlord himself put the flooring in himself (not a professional :/). They have a dehumidifier running in the room because they are aware of some moisture issues and the room smells musty if we leave the door closed. I've already starting talking to them about the issue.

Are they going to have to replace the flooring of the whole basement to thoroughly fix this? I've read online that laminate is a BAD decision for basements, especially without proper preparation to prevent these exact moisture issues. It's just frustrating, we love everything else about where we live. How should we proceed to make sure the landlords do something about it?

Husband and I have been renting a basement for a few months from the family that lives upstairs. Home constructed around 2017-18. All the flooring in the basement is "wood" laminate and we started to notice in one of the bedrooms there are a TON of places with gapping between laminate planks and gapping between the wall and flooring. One area is bubbling/cracking now too. Just found out recently, the landlord himself put the flooring in himself (not a professional :/). They have a dehumidifier running in the room because they are aware of some moisture issues and the room smells musty if we leave the door closed. I've already starting talking to them about the issue.

Are they going to have to replace the flooring of the whole basement to thoroughly fix this? I've read online that laminate is a BAD decision for basements, especially without proper preparation to prevent these exact moisture issues. It's just frustrating, we love everything else about where we live. How should we proceed to make sure the landlords do something about it?

Husband and I have been renting a basement for a few months from the family that lives upstairs. Home constructed around 2017-18. All the flooring in the basement is "wood" laminate and we started to notice in one of the bedrooms there are a TON of places with gapping between laminate planks and gapping between the wall and flooring. One area is bubbling/cracking now too. Just found out recently, the landlord himself put the flooring in himself (not a professional :/). They have a dehumidifier running in the room because they are aware of some moisture issues and the room smells musty if we leave the door closed. I've already starting talking to them about the issue.

Are they going to have to replace the flooring of the whole basement to thoroughly fix this? I've read online that laminate is a BAD decision for basements, especially without proper preparation to prevent these exact moisture issues. It's just frustrating, we love everything else about where we live. How should we proceed to make sure the landlords do something about it?