The solid oak flooring could then be simply nailed or screwed down.
How to fit solid oak flooring on concrete.
Watch our step by step video showing how to lay solid wood flooring with expert advice and top tips to help you complete the job with confidence.
One such area is laying an oak floor over a concrete sub floor.
Even if your home was built on a concrete slab you can still enjoy the beauty and charm of hardwood floors.
Glue down engineered hardwoods can be glued note.
The floor is secured via the base molding around the edges.
Treated plywood to the concrete with concrete screws spaced every 16 in.
As time has progressed the need to fit oak flooring into ever changing conditions has increased.
Installing a hardwood floor over a concrete slab.
Then nail the flooring planks with a standard flooring nailer see photo for details.
How to lay solid wood flooring over a concrete subfloor.
You can fix it to concrete to the floor joists or to an existing timber floor.
If fixing to concrete.
Installing solid wood flooring onto concrete use a flexible wood to concrete adhesives such as laybond or soudal polymer.
This page is designed to offer guidance about the different options when it comes to installing a solid wood floor.
Float this is when the hardwood is clicked into each other or glued at joints but is not attached to the floor.
Alternatively screw rows of treated 1x4s to the concrete 16 in.
1 nail down requires plywood sub flloor you can t nail into concrete last i checked 2.
One method to overcome this when laying a solid oak floor would be using the above method of laying out battens.
Solid hardwood can not be glued except for bamboo 3.
This is because solid wood flooring has a higher tendency towards movement and needs to be fixed to the subfloor to avoid problems in the future.
Ensure the concrete is sound and level.
Starting in one corner of the room spread in excess of 2 board widths of adhesive along the starting wall sub floor using a 3mm toothed trowel.
The first consideration you will need to make is how you are going to attach your planks to the floor.
The installer owner is responsible for wood failure resulting from or connected with sub floor subsurface job site damage deficiencies or using inadequate accessories after the hardwood flooring has been installed.