How To Install A Laminate Wood Floor Over Concrete

Before the installation itself leave laminate boards in the room for some time.

How to install a laminate wood floor over concrete.

Wood floor over concrete details lay a plastic moisture barrier and then screw 3 4 in. If you love solid wood floors and your home rests on a concrete slab you re not out of luck. If you ve got concrete stairs to cover the laminate must be glued down using high quality construction glue. Wood planks to the plywood.

How to install laminate flooring over concrete. I believe a concrete slab does not react the same as a basement concrete floor when it comes to moisture. None of the comments refer to a basement concrete floor. I would like to install my wood laminate over a basement concrete floor using plastic vapor barrier then the wood laminate with no backing.

Typically it is sheets of plastic laid on the slab and taped at the seams with waterproof tape. In this video i am showing how to install laminate flooring for the first time. The laminate floor padding cost is 0 12 to 0 15 12 to 15 cents per square foot. Padding can be used with most floating laminate floor installation.

If you lay the laminated flooring on new concrete floors you must know that the period of the complete drying is about 80 days. Installing laminate flooring on concrete steps. It is necessary for them to adapt to the humidity and the temperature of the. Leave the flooring in the room for three days before installation.

It will extend up the wall for about 2 to 3 inches creating a bowl where your wood floor stays dry and protected. Plywood to the concrete. Place the laminate flooring on the concrete slab in the room where it is to be installed.