How To Install Bamboo Flooring On Slab

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How to install bamboo flooring on slab. The two main installation methods over concrete. The floor can be laid on a board sub floor such as three quarter inch cdx underlayment graded plywood using nails and or oil based glue water based glue may make the boards swell if they absorb the moisture. You can either use the glue down method or floating floor technique depending on your preference. You must glue your parquet block bamboo flooring down to your subfloor.

Prepare your subfloor first by ensuring it is flat level dry and clean. The best installation method would usually depend on the type of bamboo flooring you are working with. There are two major ways of installing bamboo floor on a concrete floor or slab. How to install bamboo flooring on a concrete slab.

The method will require you to glue down bamboo on concrete floor or slab. Follow these steps to install bamboo flooring on an angle adding a unique twist to a traditional look. Installing parquet block bamboo flooring. How to lay bamboo flooring.

How to install a bamboo floor. The glue down method can be used for solid or engineered bamboo flooring. If it is wood sand and or plane any high areas and also fill any low areas. Do not commence installation if the relative humidity inside of the concrete slab exceeds 75.

I am lucky to have a square ish living room so measuring and layout is a little easer. The most important factor is to use an approved urethane wood floor adhesive with vapor sound barrier and the trowel that is used specifically for that adhesive in this method you will adhere the bamboo flooring directly to the concrete slab. Few things look better than hardwood floors and when i found a good deal on bamboo flooring i couldn t pass it up. I usually suggest nailing down the floor rather than gluing because the floor stays more stable and you don t have to worry about the bamboo reacting with the glue.

If concrete use self levelling compound to level the floor.