How To Install Bamboo Flooring On Wood

The sealer will have to be removed before continuing with the glue down installation of wood flooring.

How to install bamboo flooring on wood. Use a transition strip between the two flooring types to cover the gap. There are four different ways to install plank style bamboo flooring and only one way to install parquet block bamboo. We recommend using bostik mapei or morning star adhesives that are designed for use with solid bamboo floors. Quality bamboo flooring costs 5 to 8 per square foot which is about the same as common hardwood flooring like oak and maple.

The nail needs to go in at an angle so it isn t in the way of the next board image 2. In this case we settled on a dark distressed bamboo hardwood. Check with adhesive manufacture for recommendations on sealer removal. This video is part 2 of my bamboo flooring installation tutorial video.

To view part 1 click here. Secret nailing the floor down to a wood subfloor. Gluing the floor down to a concrete or wood. Floating the floor using tongue and groove flooring not parquet block 2.

Whether you select bamboo hardwood or engineered bamboo planks the flooring comes with tongue and groove fasteners that make it simple for do it yourselfers to install a floating floor. How to install bamboo flooring on top of a wood subfloor bamboo flooring flooring installation care 5 comments 5 so you ve weighed all the pros and cons of bamboo flooring chosen your perfect material and now you re ready to install it. If the flooring abuts a different kind of wooden or tile flooring leave a one inch gap between the bamboo flooring and the other flooring.