How To Install Tongue And Groove Flooring On Concrete Porch
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How to install tongue and groove flooring on concrete porch. Pro tips for installing tongue and groove flooring. First floor of a house above its humid or wet basement or directly over a concrete slab. When replacing a porch floor be sure to use pressure treated pine or other rot resistant wood for both the joists and flooring. Cut the boards allowing at least a 3 inch overhang.
This technologically advanced flooring is highly durable and can withstand many climatic changes. Unlike hardwood flooring engineered flooring can be installed over concrete or existing flooring such as tile or linoleum. More information free sample glue wood flooring to a concrete slab fine homebuilding. Empty the room s floor and walls.
Prep layout installation and finishing tips for tongue and groove floors. Learn how to give new life to a porch with easy to install flooring. In part 1 of this series you will prepare a room with a concrete floor for installing a floating tongue and groove wood floor. Prep layout installation and finishing tips for tongue and groove floors.
If you re installing a wood floor directly over a concrete slab or humid basement space managing that moisture is vital. How to install tongue and groove porch flooring. We installed gorgeous reclaimed tongue and groove oak flooring in our new office and we share with you the basic steps you can take to install flooring in. Installing a tongue and groove porch flooring is completely doable.
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This is part 1 of a 3 part series. Use a flooring nailer to install the porch deck board images 3 and 4. If you are installing unfinished tongue and groove flooring you will want to work in a completely. It s a good idea to prime all four sides of tongue and groove flooring before installing it to reduce expansion and contraction due to changes in temperature and humidity.
Solid hosts derek stearns and dean marsico show how to use overlay and a pattern stamp to rework a cracked and peeling concrete porch floor. Tongue and groove porch flooring looks almost like an indoor floor but with added outdoor resistance.