How To Install Bamboo Floors On Concrete Slab

Also can another type of flooring be installed on top of the bamboo floor or does it need to be entirely removed.

How to install bamboo floors on concrete slab.

My first video upload of one of my many home improvement jobs. The floor was glued to the concrete slab. Learn how to make perfect angles seams and how to save. The glue down method can be used for solid or engineered bamboo flooring.

If you re installing bamboo in a new home allow the slab to cure at least 60 days to reduce moisture issues in the concrete before laying the new flooring. Clean the floor well with a pressure washer if it is an older concrete floor to remove any sealers. Use a moisture test kit to ascertain the level of moisture in the floor and therefore the amount of time the bamboo planks should be laid out on the concrete. Should i have been advised yo install a barrier or to consider other type of flooring for our home which is in a low lying area.

Now it is essential that the bamboo flooring must be acclimated with the concrete before installing it. The two main installation methods over concrete. 1 clean the slab by vacuuming away all. Vinyl plank laminate flooring t molding professionally installed on concrete slab.

We offer bamboo styles that can be nailed to wood subfloors glued down or floated over concrete. The morning star or supreme bamboo tongue and groove floors and morning star click floors can be glued down to concrete on or above grade using adhesive. Hard to do with glue thanks. Can i install bamboo on a concrete slab.

Open up the bamboo flooring and lay it on the concrete for 48 to 72 hours.