How To Install A Plywood Floor Over Concrete

Treated plywood to the concrete with concrete screws spaced every 16 in.

How to install a plywood floor over concrete. Because it raises the finished floor by an extra 1 1 2 inches and for other reasons the sleeper method has fallen into disuse. Floated subfloor alternate subfloor glue down sub floor and the nail down subfloor system. A minimum of 5 8 thick plywood is recommended with 3 4 thick plywood being considered ideal. Get a comprehensive breakdown on which materials to use what to take into consideration and what steps to take for four subfloor systems.

With the popularity of decorative concrete on the rise many people considering remodeling particularly in the northwest feel like it isn t an option for them simply because they have plywood sub floors. In this project tom had to remove old tile and install another layer of 3 4 thick plywood. Watch more videos in this series. How to install concrete floors over plywood sub floors.

When installing subflooring over concrete for installation of wood flooring it is necessary to use thicker subflooring so that it can be nailed into. By admin february 17 2011. The following project was executed by tom zilian of madstone floors from boston ma who created a polished concrete floor over a plywood substrate. In this video you will learn how to install self leveling concrete over plywood substrates.

Alternatively screw rows of treated 1x4s to the concrete 16 in. Installing plywood over the subfloor or using sleepers which are two by fours laid flat across the floor and used as nailers. How to install a wood subfloor over concrete with screeds. Decorative concrete decorative concrete coatings.