You simply nail the boards with a flooring nailer.
How to install a wood floor on a concrete slab.
This will result in buckling.
Read manufacturer s directions before installation to maintain warranty coverage.
Wood floor over concrete details lay a plastic moisture barrier and then screw 3 4 in.
Installing hardwood flooring on a plywood covered slab is identical to installing it on a wood subfloor.
The concrete slab needs to be in the right condition before installing flooring.
Before installing any wood floor over concrete you ll need a moisture barrier.
Follow these steps to install an engineered wood floor in your home.
If there are any high or low spots they can be ground away to prepare the surface and make sure that everything is level.
Wood planks to the plywood.
Since humidity causes natural wood to expand and contract your flooring won t be able to move.
Apply an adhesive approved for plywood installation and recommended by the plywood manufacturer.
If you love solid wood floors and your home rests on a concrete slab you re not out of luck.
How to install a floating wood plank floor.
Grind off any high spots and fill any low spots.
Watch this video to see how easy it is.
Materials include a minimum of 3 4 inch cd exposure 1 plywood subfloor panels 4 foot by 8 foot sheets.
It should be clean and flat with a trowel finish and no sign of any stains grease or dust.
Hardwood floors are durable low maintenance and easy to clean.
Hardwood type there is no way to install standard 3 4 hardwood on concrete.
It s best to use shorter cleats than you would for a wood floor to ensure they sink in all the way.
Flat clean slab the slab must be flat with a trowel finish free of grease oil stains and dust.
Cut plywood panels by 2 foot by 8 foot or 4 foot by 4 foot sections.
Typically it is sheets of plastic laid on the slab and taped at the seams with waterproof tape.
Vapor retarder with solid hardwood floors a proper vapor retarder must be installed on top of the slab to make sure normal slab moisture does not reach the finished floor.
Use a vapor retarder.
You don t want to try and glue it down either.
Plywood to the concrete.