Fitting A Wooden Floor On Concrete

Before installing any wood floor over concrete you ll need a moisture barrier.

Fitting a wooden floor on concrete.

It will extend up the wall for about 2 to 3 inches creating a bowl where your wood floor stays dry and protected. Typically it is sheets of plastic laid on the slab and taped at the seams with waterproof tape. Dry the slab before you prepare the concrete for hardwood flooring it must be dry. Read manufacturer s directions before installation to maintain warranty coverage.

You usually determine this. Alternatively screw rows of treated 1x4s to the concrete 16 in. Installing hardwood flooring over concrete. Cost skill level start to finish 2 days.

Treated plywood to the concrete with concrete screws spaced every 16 in. Adding a subfloor over the concrete slab is one installation method. Watch this video to see how easy it is. Hardwood floors are durable low maintenance and easy to clean.

Add moisture barrier once the slab is dry cover it with a moisture barrier consisting of two layers of tar. Construct a subfloor with sheets of 3 4 inch pressure treated plywood over the moisture barrier.