Glue Down Engineered Flooring

Glue down wood flooring pros cons floating wood floors are thinner tongue and groove flooring sections that interlock together without any actual fasteners.

Glue down engineered flooring. The glue down method of engineered wood flooring installation is typically the most common and creates a highly stable floor. When installing these hardwood flooring options you simply slide the tongues into the grooves and place the flooring directly over your subfloor. Glue down hardwood installation guidelines for engineered floors only ensure that all the above sub floor conditions and general instructions have been met.

Boards adhere well to the rough surface of the concrete subfloor and therefore lead to less gaps or planks lifting and buckling. Typically this type of hardwood flooring is set up with a series of tongues and grooves so that they can be attached to one another. If the boards are less than 1 inch wide apply glue to the tongue of the installed boards and slide the last row into place using a pry bar and a piece of scrap wood to protect your wall.

Determine a starting point. When possible always begin the layout from the straightest wall which usually tends to be an outside wall. Slab preparation is critical for glue down and includes sanding scraping leveling and filling low.

Before applying adhesives you must fill in any voids or deflections in the slab with a cementitious. Common types used for gluing down are engineered hardwoods. During manufacturing the bottom sides of many products are milled with relief cuts below.

Subfloor preparation is critical on all job sites but especially for glue down. A general guideline while leveling your subfloor would be not to allow more than 3 16 difference in height within a 10 feet diameter. Glued down means using a bonding agent adhesive or glue which is put directly onto the subfloor before laying any of your engineered wood flooring.

Subfloor preparation can range from sanding scraping leveling filling low spots or installing a whole new subfloor. Once your new floor is complete install transition pieces and remove the spacers. If you are gluing down a floor to a concrete subfloor it will sound and feel as if solid wood has been installed.