How To Install A Plywood Floor Over Concrete

A minimum of 5 8 thick plywood is recommended with 3 4 thick plywood being considered ideal.

How to install a plywood floor over concrete.

Lay 6 mil polyethylene sheeting over the concrete to minimize moisture migration from the concrete up into the wood flooring. Alternatively screw rows of treated 1x4s to the concrete 16 in. With the popularity of decorative concrete on the rise many people considering remodeling particularly in the northwest feel like it isn t an option for them simply because they have plywood sub floors. How to install concrete floors over plywood sub floors.

The following project was executed by tom zilian of madstone floors from boston ma who created a polished concrete floor over a plywood substrate. Watch more videos in this series. When installing subflooring over concrete for installation of wood flooring it is necessary to use thicker subflooring so that it can be nailed into. In this project tom had to remove old tile and install another layer of 3 4 thick plywood.

Get a comprehensive breakdown on which materials to use what to take into consideration and what steps to take for four subfloor systems. Installing plywood over the subfloor or using sleepers which are two by fours laid flat across the floor and used as nailers. Decorative concrete decorative concrete coatings. Treated plywood to the concrete with concrete screws spaced every 16 in.

Engineered wood flooring less than thick and solid plank flooring 4 or wider cannot be installed directly to screeds so if you re installing our wide plank flooring you ll need to overlay a plywood over the screed system. By admin february 17 2011. Because it raises the finished floor by an extra 1 1 2 inches and for other reasons the sleeper method has fallen into disuse. In this video you will learn how to install self leveling concrete over plywood substrates.