How To Glue Down Plywood Floor To Concrete

Treated plywood to the concrete with concrete screws spaced every 16 in.

How to glue down plywood floor to concrete.

Nail wood flooring planks. I like to bring the flooring to within a couple of courses of the area that needs to be. Concrete has moisture in it and your wood will mold and rot over time. 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. Place 16 inch planks perpendicular or diagonal to direction of flooring. Pick up the plywood and set it directly on the concrete at the desired location. It looks like a sheet of dimples or very large bubble wrap.

I try to plan as i go. There is a product you can buy from your local home depot store for putting under a floor over concrete. Then fixe your 3 4 timber flooring glued and secret nail. Don t glue the plywood to the concrete.

Tap down on the plywood with a cement block to ensure all air bubbles are expelled. Lay 6 mil polyethylene sheeting over the concrete to minimize moisture migration from the concrete up into the wood flooring. Construct a subfloor with sheets of 3 4 inch pressure treated plywood over the moisture barrier. Use a minimum 3 4 inch cd exposure 1 plywood sheathing 4 foot by 8 foot sheets.

Any scribed or ripped cuts must be measured and fit before the glue in that area goes down. Glue wood flooring to a concrete slab a plywood core makes engineered flooring the most stable choice provided the slab is flat and dry. Lay the 1x4s perpendicular to the direction you intend to install the floor planks. 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.

Run your hands over the surface of the plywood and push down firmly to secure it in place. Then nail the flooring planks with a standard flooring nailer see photo for details.