I have just bought an old house with a large basement. It’s not been made habitable and is still very much in its “raw” state. Whilst it’s not completely dry, it’s not exactly damp either although I expect there is some dampness in places.
The floor is bricked in part but other bits are just very crumbly something (v old concrete or similar?) and hence pretty uneven.
Long term plan would be to get the whole area sorted for proper habitational use but that’s going to be upwards of £50k which I don’t have and won’t for a few years at least.
In the meantime I would like to use the area a little as a workout area / bike turbo trainer room. My thoughts are to try and prepare the floor a little so it’s more even and practical. Having other priorities financially I don’t want to spend too much nor make the future conversion any harder.
My current thoughts are to bring in some dry sand to level off the area (hopefully there is a type which will retain an amount of levelness and go a little hard and not be like a beach?) and then put down some plastic sheeting, some plywood or similar and cheap carpet on top.
Any thoughts as to why this might or might not work, or even be a disaster?