Plywood Plank Floor Over Concrete

Learn how to install beautiful hardwood floors over a concrete slab.

Plywood plank floor over concrete.

I have wood heat so it stays dry in here. Concrete slab with plywood sub floor 1 1 2 inches or more height allowance. Finished plywood flooring over concrete stephen perrera. With plywood subfloor that s totally enough.

It has cement floors and i want to do the plywood flooring cutting it to look like planks and then polyurethane over it to seal it. A hardwood floor in a basement that floods will not last. Water damages the wood and will also damage the finish on the wood floor. For rounded areas or.

If your floor is concrete use a concrete grinder for large open areas or a 4 inch or 8 inch angle grinder with a cup wheel attachment made for use on concrete. Spread using a 1 4 by 1 4 notched trowel. Get a comprehensive breakdown on which materials to use what to take into consideration and what steps to take for four subfloor systems. This will ensure you have enough planks to floor the entire room as well as extras for cutting or future replacements.

Grinding and repairing a concrete floor can create concrete dust so be safe and wear a respirator a dust mask will not give you enough protection. Install carlisle wide plank floors milled to 1 2 inch thickness by blind nailing and gluing. The garage has been here many years ive lived in it 3 years. So technically if you are installing vinyl plank flooring onto concrete you already have a subfloor.

Could i use liquid nails to hold floor to concrete or is there something else i should do. No fasteners penetrate the retarder or the concrete. Treated plywood to the concrete with concrete screws spaced every 16 in. Measure the size of the room to determine how much vinyl plank flooring to purchase.

Then nail the flooring planks with a standard flooring nailer see photo for details. Moisture will get through so even if you don t add an additional underlay you do need to seal the concrete. This flooring has underlay attached. Laying vinyl plank over concrete we scored the vinyl with a knife and a square then snapped it.

Lay the 1x4s perpendicular to the direction you intend to install the floor planks. Floated subfloor alternate subfloor glue down sub floor and the nail down subfloor system. Installing a hardwood floor over a concrete slab. Try to ensure your measurements are as accurate as possible then buy about 10 to 20 percent more flooring than you believe you will need.

Using a hilti direct fastening tool shoot concrete nails into 1 2 inch plywood to apply directly onto concrete. For systems other than radiant heat the plywood planks may be glued to the plastic with asphalt mastic. Floating subfloor of 2 layers of plywood secured together over a vapor retarder. Alternatively screw rows of treated 1x4s to the concrete 16 in.