Prepare A Concrete Slab For A Floating Wood Floor

Lay 6 mil polyethylene sheeting over the concrete to minimize moisture migration from the concrete up into the wood flooring.

Prepare a concrete slab for a floating wood floor. Michael robinson january 11 2018 at 6 21 pm. A container for solution. So technically if you are installing vinyl plank flooring onto concrete you already have a subfloor. In choosing a wood subfloor many professionals like to use osb oriented strand board or.

Treated plywood to the concrete with concrete screws spaced every 16 in. Laying down your floating flooring directly onto concrete is a no no. A floating floor laminate or locking hardwood shouldn t be installed over a wood subfloor that s adhered to a concrete slab. Learn how to use a grinder.

You may not need to build a plywood subfloor on top of the concrete slab depending on the floor system you choose. A plastic roller with spikes. The easiest way to install hardwood is a floating floor. As you mentioned you should look into the condition of the concrete slab that is underneath and make sure that there are no cracks spalling or curling at expansion joints.

Use a long level and tape measure to check that the floor is level. However some people prefer to add another thin layer of subflooring between the concrete and vinyl. Installing floors is a difficult diy job. In this video i show how i prepared the forms leveled the sand placed t.

Also the possibility of dampness however small is greater when there are fewer membranes between your concrete foundation and your floating floor. To determine the roughness of the concrete floor we put a direct rail to the floor and a level is determined at any not very smooth place. In our region of the country installing over concrete slabs is something we do every day no matter what kind of wood floor we re putting down. Thanks for teaching me more about preparing my concrete for some hardwood installation.

Typically the floor must be level and uniform within 3 16 inch every 10 feet. If you are installing a locking or floating floor not attached to the subfloor just make sure that the subfloor is clean. Inspect the moisture level check the moisture level of the subflooring using a moisture meter. It can be constructed from wood plywood plastic or concrete.

Basement wood flooring options. A subfloor is the bottom layer of any floor. Alternatively screw rows of treated 1x4s to the concrete 16 in. Not doing the right prep on a slab can result in embarrassing problems such as floating floors with so much deflection that the lamp on the end table shakes back and forth when someone walks by.

You have two basement wood flooring options solid hardwood or engineered.