A subfloor is the floor surface directly under the hardwood floor.
Hardwood floor directly onto concrete.
The entire flooring level is considered to be below grade where soil is present.
Before installing any hardwood flooring onto a.
Lay the 1x4s perpendicular to the direction you intend to install the floor planks.
Then nail the flooring planks with a standard flooring nailer see photo for details.
Permanently attaching to concrete.
Read manufacturer s directions before installation to maintain warranty coverage.
You don t want to try and glue it down either.
How to put a wood floor on concrete.
You usually determine this with a meter that compares the relative humidity of the slab with the ambient humidity.
The type of subfloor can determine how you ll install the floor.
Treated plywood to the concrete with concrete screws spaced every 16 in.
Solid hardwood can not be glued except for bamboo 3.
Glue down engineered hardwoods can be glued note.
In this case the subfloor is the concrete slab.
Some of these reasons are.
Installing hardwood on concrete is not a do it yourself project.
Either solid wood flooring or engineered wood flooring can be fitted onto a concrete subfloor.
Although you can attach hardwood directly to concrete with glue or nails it s not advisable.
Most concrete subfloor consists of a sand and cement screed mixture.
Solid parquet should not be installed below grade.
Alternatively screw rows of treated 1x4s to the concrete 16 in.
Solid parquet hardwood flooring can be glued directly to a concrete slab on grade or above grade with the use of a manufacturer recommended vapor retarder.
The floor is secured via the base molding around the edges.
Homes built on concrete slabs are good candidates for solid wood flooring provided that the slab does not wick up too much moisture.
Installing hardwood flooring over concrete.
Cost skill level start to finish 2 days.
Hardwood floors are durable low maintenance and easy to clean.
If the slab is new don t even begin moisture testing until 30 days after pouring it it probably won t be ready to be covered until 60 days after.
Humid conditions such as.
1 nail down requires plywood sub flloor you can t nail into concrete last i checked 2.
Hardwood type there is no way to install standard 3 4 hardwood on concrete.
Before you prepare the concrete for hardwood flooring it must be dry.
Gluing solid parquet flooring directly to a concrete slab.