Site Finished Floor On Concrete Slab Forum

If you are laying a new slab you can ask for a set down slab to allow for timber battons to be screwed down and the floor then nailed to it either traditionally or secret nailed ie nailed through the tongue of the flooring so that no nails are seen.

Site finished floor on concrete slab forum.

The best practice when selecting flooring that is safe durable and won t trap allergens may be the interior concrete slab as the floor surface. Some want it beneath the granular. Hi everyone looking to do refinish existing concrete slab under old carpet flooring to a finished floor. To replace the lifted boards.

Looking to pour a polymer based micro topping or. How do most people specify concrete floor slab on grade. If you spec a highier strength mix you get more cracking because of curling. Some want vapor barriers between concrete and granular material.

There are a number of ways to install a solid timber floor over a concrete slab. Concrete has too many variables. 900 sq ft of pre finished solid wood floor glued down on a concrete slab is still dead flat after 10 years. Floors or roofs that are exposed to the weather such as concrete or masonry slabs unless separated from such floors or roofs by an impervious moisture barrier.

Wood furring strips or other wood framing members attached directly to the interior of exterior masonry walls or concrete walls below grade except where an approved. The finished first floor of our house will be the slab 8 monolithic and we ll be doing the work ourselves. I have some of the old floor in the garage and i was going to throw down 15 sq ft. Besides the reduction of allergens in the home concrete floors last much longer than conventional floor coverings.