How To Install Solid Bamboo Flooring

A step by step guide on how to install tongue and groove bamboo flooring over underlay.

How to install solid bamboo flooring.

This video is part 1 of the bamboo flooring installation tutorial video. Nail the 1x4s down as a batten boards all the way down the line. Flooring is glued directly to the subfloor. The sealer will have to be removed before continuing with the glue down installation of wood flooring.

We recommend using bostik mapei or morning star adhesives that are designed for use with solid bamboo floors. Solid bamboo hardwood flooring is installed like any hardwood flooring. These boards provide a guide to lay the first. There are four different ways to install plank style bamboo flooring and only one way to install parquet.

Careful preparation is needed before installing any bamboo flooring. It can be nailed stapled and or glued to a solid subfloor or an existing hardwood floor in good condition. Typing the sku number into the search bar at the top of our webpage will take you there. For the most up to date installation instructions and warranties please go to the individual product page of the product you are installing.

Continue to work your way. The subfloor must be clean dry and. This allows you to stagger the joints by at least 6 inches. Any style of bamboo flooring can be glued.

Install bamboo flooring 1. Check with adhesive manufacture for recommendations on sealer removal. Bamboo boards are nailed onto the subfloor with nails or staples. A professional flooring company capital carpets and tile installed solid carbonized bamboo 3in flooring floorage in my home in october 2010.

Engineered bamboo usually installed as a floating floor system with click together planks laid over a cushiony foam pad. How to install bamboo plank flooring step 1. Set 1 2 inch plastic spacers next to the longest wall and along the adjacent walls. Place the grooved side of bamboo.

From the product page click on the specifications tab under the photo of the product. Any type of bamboo flooring can be installed through nailing which seems to be the preferred method for wood subfloors. They deposited the product in my home for acclimation about 3 days prior to installation. Lay the first floor board in and secure it with an 18 gauge pin nailer driving the nail right into the shoulder.

Start the next row with the remnants of the last plank. I show the required tools and materials and how to lay down the bamboo boards and me.