Concrete Floor Over Plywood Subfloor

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Concrete floor over plywood subfloor. Metal lath stapled over plywood substrate the installation of calcium aluminate cement based self leveling concrete param 5500 along with expanded metal lath for reinforcement is a successful fast track method to convert a plywood subfloor into a beautiful concrete floor. When installed correctly your concrete over plywood floor will not permit moisture through will not warp or buckle and will come with all the benefits of concrete in an easy to care for floor. This may be as simple as a 6 mil polyethylene plastic covering 100 percent of the concrete and brought up all walls then trimmed after the floor has been installed.

May 4 2020 self leveling concrete concrete overlays polished concrete floors the following project was executed by tom zilian of madstone floors from boston ma who created a polished concrete floor over a plywood substrate. In this project tom had to remove old tile and install another layer of 3 4 thick plywood. Does anyone out there have any information about how we can do a finished concrete floor on a plywood subfloor with 16 on center joists.

It lays down ultra flat. Use a minimum 3 4 inch cd exposure 1 plywood sheathing 4 foot by 8 foot sheets. How to install a plywood subfloor on a concrete slab floated subfloor system.

To begin you ll need two layers of 3 8 inch minimum cd exposure 1 plywood subfloor panels. In this video you will learn how to install self leveling concrete over plywood substrates. Duraamen s param 5500 goes on thin in a 3 8 to 1 2 thick application.

Use a minimum of two layers 3 8 10 mm cd exposure 1 plywood subfloor panels cdx in 4 x 8 sheets.