Laminate flooring is also fairly easy to install.
How to install laminate wood floor over concrete.
Laminate flooring is a money saving flooring choice that you can install in almost every room and over any type of subfloor and that includes concrete.
As needed use a concrete grinder you may want to rent one to remove any coating and to slightly roughen the concrete surface so the adhesive will stick.
Laminate floors look as great as hardwood floors.
Alternatively screw rows of treated 1x4s to the concrete 16 in.
If you are installing a locking or floating floor not attached to the subfloor just make sure that the subfloor is clean.
Padding can be used with most floating laminate floor installation.
Apply a thin coating of 100 silicone sealant over the backer rod.
Make sure the silicone connects from the edge of the floor to the wall.
The surface can t be slick heavily troweled or burnished.
Treated plywood to the concrete with concrete screws spaced every 16 in.
Laminate flooring is a good alternative to wood flooring in basements.
Prepping a concrete subfloor for hardwood or laminate flooring.
The planks snap together to form a unit.
Before the installation itself leave laminate boards in the room for some time.
Many types of flooring can be installed over a concrete sub floor.
How to install laminate flooring over concrete important.
Learn how to install a floating laminate floor.
Installing laminate flooring on concrete steps.
However many homeowners are disappointed to discover that solid wood flooring cannot be installed on a concrete slab.
Lay 6 mil polyethylene sheeting over the concrete to minimize moisture migration from the concrete up into the wood flooring.