How To Lay Hardwood Floors On Concrete. Acclimate the flooring by placing the boxes of. Make sure the concrete is dry and level.
Lay down a moisture barrier. Gluing Solid Parquet Flooring Directly to a Concrete Slab. Gluing it down will prove to be a messy and irritating job.
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You can nail a plywood subfloor to the concrete with powder-actuated fasteners but that method isnt recommended for floors with radiant heating elements. Another method is to install a floating plywood subfloor consisting of two layers of 38- 12- or 58-inch plywood attached together with short fasteners that wont penetrate the concrete. We install a hardwood floor on concrete using the direct stick method. Snap the chalk line over the top of the concrete or moisture barrier between the marks on opposite walls making a cross in the center of the room.
