How To Lay Floating Bamboo Flooring On Concrete

Secret nailing the floor down to a wood subfloor.

How to lay floating bamboo flooring on concrete.

Installing parquet block bamboo flooring. Floating the floor using tongue and groove flooring not parquet block. As you join planks end to end spread a small amount. Gluing the floor down to a concrete or wood subfloor.

Pour a self leveling floor compound onto the concrete to fill any low areas in the. Set 1 2 inch plastic spacers next to the longest wall and along the adjacent walls. Floating the floor using tongue and groove flooring not parquet block 2. The floor must be completely flat before installing the bamboo.

Make sure you have a tube of bostik adhesive remover wipes handy to clean up glue spills asap because letting the glue cure on top of the flooring planks will damage the finish. Trowel the adhesive directly onto the concrete floor working in sections and lay the bamboo planks directly on top. Move the plank gently up and down while pushing forward. Place a level on the concrete at several areas.

If you are using bamboo flooring with a tongue and groove profile then you just fit the tongue and grooves together and glue the planks to the concrete subfloor. Use a moisture test kit to ascertain the level of moisture in the floor and therefore the amount of time the bamboo planks should be laid out on the concrete. If you are using bamboo flooring with a click fitting system then just glue the planks to the concrete as you click them into place. Assemble the bamboo flooring end to end snapping the ends together as you go.

My first video upload of one of my many home improvement jobs. Position the plank at a 20 30 angle to the plank already installed. Set spacers between the planks and the wall to maintain the 1 4 inch gap. Floating the floor using uniclic flooring.

Lay out the planks for the first row calculate the length of the last plank and cut it with a saw remembering to allow for a 1 4 inch expansion gap at both ends of the row. Place the grooved side of bamboo planks against the spacers.