How To Fit Solid Wood Flooring On Concrete

Either solid wood flooring or engineered wood flooring can be fitted onto a concrete subfloor.

How to fit solid wood flooring on concrete.

Either by head height on low beams. Engineered wood floors often known as composite wood floors are very popular being hard wearing and relatively easy to maintain. Most concrete subfloor consists of a sand and cement screed mixture. Watch more helpful diy videos from wickes below.

They do not expand and contract as much as solid wood meaning they are more useful in rooms like kitchens and bathrooms and can be placed on top of a concrete floor. It s perfectly possible to fit solid or engineered hardwood flooring to concrete. How to lay solid wood flooring over a concrete subfloor. First thing to check is whether the thickness of the new floor and the possible addition of a sub base is going to affect your room in any way.

The first consideration you will need to make is how you are going to attach your planks to the floor. Before choosing your floor i ask you to please read our articles on types of solid wood floors and pro s and con s of solid wood flooring. Treated plywood to the concrete with concrete screws spaced every 16 in. How to home maintenance with wickes.

The floorboards must be in good condition and level if not it is advisable to lay 1 2 plywood down first. This adhesive is so easy to use and. Alternatively screw rows of treated 1x4s to the concrete 16 in. Solid wood flooring must be glued down directly onto the screed and engineered wood flooring can be either glued down or floated over an underlay without being fixed into place.

Lay 6 mil polyethylene sheeting over the concrete to minimize moisture migration from the concrete up into the wood flooring. This short video shows how to install solid wood flooring onto a concrete base using rewmar ms polymer flexible adhesive. Solid wood flooring is made from one single piece of wood and can be highly sensitive to changes in temperature and humidity as this can cause the wood to expand and contract. Learn the steps to fit a solid wood floor in this tutorial.