How To Lay Bamboo Flooring On Concrete Slab

Yes depending on the style flooring you choose.

How to lay bamboo flooring on concrete slab.

Before you start to install your bamboo flooring you must ensure your sub floor is flat level dry and clean. Strand bamboo has a janka hardness that equals or exceeds the hardest exotic wood species and it comes prefinished with as many as 10 coats of extremely durable finish. Bamboo flooring is very versatile and can be installed on almost any sub floor. Clean up the concrete floor using a broom to remove all accumulated dust and debris before moving onto this step.

Hard to do with glue thanks. 1 clean the slab by vacuuming away all. The morning star or supreme bamboo tongue and groove floors and morning star click floors can be glued down to concrete on or above grade using adhesive. We offer bamboo styles that can be nailed to wood subfloors glued down or floated over concrete.

The most important factor is to use an approved urethane wood floor adhesive with vapor sound barrier and the trowel that is used specifically for that adhesive in this method you will adhere the bamboo flooring directly to the concrete slab. Should i have been advised yo install a barrier or to consider other type of flooring for our home which is in a low lying area. Bamboo flooring can be either glued down to concrete or screed or floated over an underlay. The floor was glued to the concrete slab.

The two main installation methods over concrete. Open up the bamboo flooring and lay it on the concrete for 48 to 72 hours. Installing a bamboo engineering flooring over concrete slab. The glue down method can be used for solid or engineered bamboo flooring.

Step 3 acclimate bamboo and concrete floor. If you re installing bamboo in a new home allow the slab to cure at least 60 days to reduce moisture issues in the concrete before laying the new flooring. Also can another type of flooring be installed on top of the bamboo floor or does it need to be entirely removed. This feature is not available right now.

Many people have the misconception that bamboo flooring is more fragile than hardwood flooring but when it comes to strand woven bamboo engineered flooring the opposite is true.