Gluing Solid Wood Flooring To Concrete

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Gluing solid wood flooring to concrete.

You are not saying we can glue 3 4 solid wood over concrete are you well the answer is yes and no. No 3 4 solid hardwood flooring can expand and contract more than engineered wood flooring. Concrete with the new all in one adhesives have become excellent alternatives. One subtlety that some did not realize was that solid boards used successfully for glue down installation were not the same as those used for nail down.

Gluing down solid wood flooring to concretethis is a question that i have started to receive more and more. The truth about gluing solid wood flooring to concrete. Nail down installations are covered in this article. The moisture cure urethanes took the lead and the south was now able to enjoy solid wood flooring installations directly over their concrete slabs.

Can i glue down solid hardwood flooring over my concrete slab. When we say 3 4 wood flooring we are not speaking about. A sidebar offers advice on checking the concrete slab for moisture before you start. While it s possible to glue hardwood flooring to concrete it s a messy and risky procedure and it s prone to failure.

Monday june 22 2009. My answer to that is yes and it is still warranted. This step by step guide written by a florida flooring contractor covers everything from leveling the slab to laying out and installing the tongue and groove planks for glue wood flooring. Solid parquet should not be installed below grade.

The entire flooring level is considered to be below grade where soil is present. But the catch is that the solid wood flooring we have that can be glued over concrete and warranted is 5 16 and 7 16 solid hardwood not 3 4 solid hardwood and can be only on on grade and suspended concrete. Regardless of whether or not the flooring is glued nailed or floated engineered wood flooring needs to be acclimated to its environment before installation just like solid wood flooring. The national wood flooring association recommends two alternative installation methods.

Yes you can and i glue together and install tongue and groove white oak flooring into panels and glue those sections onto the concrete floor in my shop u. Gluing solid parquet flooring directly to a concrete slab. Installing plywood over the subfloor or using sleepers which are two by fours laid flat across the floor and used as nailers. I would not suggest direct gluing down any 3 4 inch thick solid hardwood flooring to any surface the adhesive bond might not allow the solid wood flooring to move or breath normally.

We get questions all the time about our claims that we can glue down solid wood over concrete. This article however focuses only on the glue down application.