Hardwood Floor Adhesive Concrete

The initial row will limit the movement of subsequent rows.

Hardwood floor adhesive concrete. Tape seams together with painter s tape image 2. In most instances hardwood flooring is never glued directly to concrete. Installing plywood over the subfloor or using sleepers which are two by fours laid flat across the floor and used as nailers.

While it s possible to glue hardwood flooring to concrete it s a messy and risky procedure and it s prone to failure. The exceptional formula provides a flexible tenacious bond moisture vapor barrier sound reducer and crack suppressant in one simple 4 in 1 single step adhesive. Bostik s best urethane adhesive may be used over all properly prepared substrates common to hardwood flooring installations including concrete plywood osb well bonded vinyl vct and ceramic tile cement backer board gypsum underlayments dry above grade cement patch underlayments radiant heat flooring and properly prepared terrazzo.

Glue down hardwood floors on concrete the installation of hardwood floors by the glue down method is used predominately on concrete slabs. A glue down installation requires premium wood adhesives be properly troweled over the concrete slab and the engineered wood planks laid onto the adhesive and locked together at their tongue and groove joints. Stagger end joints from row to row.

Use a tapping block to click pieces together image 1. R1535 is a one part trowel applied 100 solids moisture cure urethane adhesive specifically designed for installation of bamboo solid wood and engineered wood flooring. The national wood flooring association recommends two alternative installation methods.

Lay the flooring into the adhesive with the tongue side of the board facing the center of the room or as otherwise recommended by the flooring manufacturer. Only spread enough for a few rows at a time. Now there are ways to install 3 4 solid hardwood to an on grade or suspended concrete slab.

How are they installed. The hardwood may slip and move at first so be sure to secure one row entirely before moving on to other rows. Using a v notch trowel apply the adhesive to floor in small sections.