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...wood and insulation dry. Also installing drywall up off the bottom means it won’t wick water up, and your baseboard trim will cover the gap. You may also want to look into a sewage backup valve, and take steps to manage storm water runoff from your roof. Here are more pages that may be of help: How to insulate a base...

...wood for added durability. Some bamboo or cork flooring materials are also suitable. Be conscious of the chemical make-up of the finish, heating wood with VOCs increases the rate of off-gassing. To sum all that up, our choice for wood on top of a radiant heat source would be an FSC-certified, pre-finished engineered wo...