How to install hardwood floors on concrete

We install a hardwood floor on concrete using the direct stick method. The floor clamps come in really handy. Brian Boyle of House Building shows you how to install wood. With dry concrete and the right subfloors and vapor retarders, solid hardwood floors can be installed on slabs that are either on-grade (at ground level) or . Methods of installing wood floors on concrete.

Over plywood sub floor, direct gluedown or floating engineered. You can also install a solid wood floor over a concrete subfloor by floating it on an adhesive backed underlay such as Fast Fit Peel Stick Underlay. As time has progressed the need to fit oak flooring into changing conditions has increased. One such area is laying an oak floor over a concrete . We have recently bought an old house, and the ground floor has a. Installing hardwood flooring over concrete is generally not advisable for . The complete guide and instruction manual to installing and gluing wood floors to concrete slabs.

This is a must read before you start your project.