Installing Hardwood Laminate On Concrete

For starters while you can consider solid hardwood for at and above grade installations only engineered flooring with its plywoodlike construction is suitable below.

Installing hardwood laminate on concrete.

Then nail the flooring planks with a standard flooring nailer see photo for details. The fact that your home is built on a concrete slabs does not preclude installing hardwood floors but several considerations apply not least of which is subfloor preparation. Laminate flooring is also fairly easy to install. Many types of flooring can be installed over a concrete sub floor.

As needed use a concrete grinder you may want to rent one to remove any coating and to slightly roughen the concrete surface so the adhesive will stick. Laminate flooring is a good alternative to wood flooring in basements. Lay the 1x4s perpendicular to the direction you intend to install the floor planks. Slide the first two rows into their final position and repeat steps 5 and 6 above using the same alternating plank technique to complete the process.

While pulling up carpet laminate or any other flooring is the obvious first step existing flooring isn t the only thing that needs to be removed before you can install hardwood floors. The surface can t be slick heavily troweled or burnished. Installing laminate flooring on concrete steps. If you ve got concrete stairs to cover the laminate must be glued down using high quality construction glue.

The laminate floor padding cost is 0 12 to 0 15 12 to 15 cents per square foot. To level a subfloor for installing laminate follow the directions above to remove high and low spots. Padding can be used with most floating laminate floor installation. Treated plywood to the concrete with concrete screws spaced every 16 in.

When installing a floating laminate floor you don t need to use any adhesive nails or staples. Experienced professionals pay close attention to managing moisture and minimizing wood floor expansion and contraction when preparing to install hardwood floors on concrete slabs. Installing a hardwood floor over a concrete slab even if your home was built on a concrete slab you can still enjoy the beauty and charm of hardwood floors. Alternatively screw rows of treated 1x4s to the concrete 16 in.

Your baseboards will need to be taken out as well to ensure the new flooring has no gaps around the edges of the walls. Laminate planks snap together and float above a subfloor which means tiny subfloor imperfections are okay although again a level subfloor will help prevent damage.