Engineered wood can be glued nailed stapled and some can even be floated depending on the subfloor.
How to install engineered wood flooring on wood subfloor.
Jeff hosking a flooring consultant for this old house first began laying floors 35 years ago back then 90 percent of his work was installing solid wood strips with nails.
This is called the acclimatisation period.
Before you install your plywood subfloor first calculate the room s square footage to find out how much flooring you ll need to buy.
Some engineered hardwood manufacturers recommend installing underlayment between the flooring and a concrete subfloor.
If you were to install the floor by using all the planks from one box before opening the next you run the risk of installing the floor with large mismatched patches of flooring.
Do this by multiplying the room s length by its width.
The key to a beautiful long lasting hardwood or laminate floor is a well prepared subfloor.
If you ve decided to install engineered hardwoods there are four possible installation methods depending on the subfloor.
Or you can install it on top of existing floor coverings such as vinyl terrazzo ceramic cork or existing wood flooring.
A concern with engineered flooring however is that the colors may be quite uniform within an entire box but have distinct tonal differences from one box to the next.
We recommended a minimum of seven days between receiving your floor and installing it.
This old house general contractor tom silva shows how to install a beautiful wood floor in just less than one day.
See below for a shopping list and tools.
Glue nail staple and float.
But now half of the flooring he installs is engineered made of thin sheets of wood glued together like plywood.
Underlayment prevents the flooring from moving and makes the floor quieter to walk on.