Hard Wood Flooring Glue And Moisture Barrier For On Concrete

If you are preparing to glue down your wood flooring to a cement subfloor you will need a heavy moisture barrier product.

Hard wood flooring glue and moisture barrier for on concrete.

These subfloors typically gather a lot of moisture especially in moisture rich areas where humidity or heavy rain is common. Once this happens the flooring can buckle or warp and cause havoc. Bostik s best urethane adhesive may be used over all properly prepared substrates common to hardwood flooring installations including concrete plywood osb well bonded vinyl vct and ceramic tile cement backer board gypsum underlayments dry above grade cement patch underlayments radiant heat flooring and properly prepared terrazzo. Once the water vapors gather underneath your flooring it will start to pool up and soak into your hardwood flooring.

Glued flooring is often installed to concrete subfloors. Concrete tends to wick water quickly and the barrier holds back most of the moisture. A former method used was to glue or nail hardwood directly to the moisture barrier laid on top of the concrete slab. Low moisture content is a must for anyone who installs flooring over concrete on a full time basis a moisture meter is an expensive about 350 but necessary investment.

Piece of 6 mil plastic taped to the floor on all four sides. Make sure the edges. With a 6 mil vapor barrier underneath your flooring the water vapor will gather underneath the film and no longer reach your beautiful flooring.