How To Glue Down Plywood Floor To Concrete

Alternatively screw rows of treated 1x4s to the concrete 16 in.

How to glue down plywood floor to concrete.

Tap down on the plywood with a cement block to ensure all air bubbles are expelled. Nail wood flooring planks. I try to plan as i go. Place 16 inch planks perpendicular or diagonal to direction of flooring.

Adding a subfloor over the concrete slab is one installation method. Begin by cutting sheets to 16 inches by 8 feet or smaller panels marked 3 8 of an inch deep on back and a minimum of every 12 inches across in width. Firmly press the plywood sheet into place. Then fixe your 3 4 timber flooring glued and secret nail.

Then nail the flooring planks with a standard flooring nailer see photo for details. Nailing plywood to concrete floor if you place the poly and place t g plywood fixed by glueing in the groove without fixing any nails or anchor. Lay the 1x4s perpendicular to the direction you intend to install the floor planks. Construct a subfloor with sheets of 3 4 inch pressure treated plywood over the moisture barrier.

This will be easier if two people place the plywood down onto the glue and then press down firmly to help the glue set. Treated plywood to the concrete with concrete screws spaced every 16 in. It looks like a sheet of dimples or very large bubble wrap. Lay 6 mil polyethylene sheeting over the concrete to minimize moisture migration from the concrete up into the wood flooring.

Don t glue the plywood to the concrete. Concrete has moisture in it and your wood will mold and rot over time. Use a minimum 3 4 inch cd exposure 1 plywood sheathing 4 foot by 8 foot sheets. Run your hands over the surface of the plywood and push down firmly to secure it in place.

I like to bring the flooring to within a couple of courses of the area that needs to be. Any scribed or ripped cuts must be measured and fit before the glue in that area goes down.