Engineered Hardwood: Glued Down

Glued down application of an engineered Brazialian Cherry Hardwood floor over a concrete slab.

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• Hardwood
• flooring
• floors
• hardwoods
• glue
• engineered
• hardwood
• brazial
• cherry
• refined
• refinedhardwood

[tangotwowithme]

Great Job Folks! I have a question about the blue tape. What purpose does it serve? Secondly if you find moisture in your slab what can you do in order to still lay engineered flooring?

Thanks!

"BEST FLOORING VID EVAH!"

[refinedhardwood]

@tangotwowithme The blue tape is to simply keep the first few runs of flooring from separating while the adhesive is still setting. I do not recommend hardwoods be installed over a slab unless the MC is at or below 3 lbs according to a calcium chloride test. Another line of protection would be to apply a chemical moisture retarder or urethane membrane prior to installing the flooring. Thanks for watching!

[onepickymen1]

Some installers said that you don`t have to stand on the floor that its been install, and I seing this guys doing the the other way uhmmm... whats the right way to do it ?

[refinedhardwood]

A glued down floor should always be pressed to the subfloor with a roller or by walking the floor, very carefully. There is no problem with walking on a glued down floor while the adhesive is still wet as long as you walk properly and are mindful that the floor will shift. Thanks for watching!

[C3DesignBuild]

As always....you guys did an AWESOME job!!!

[MuzikalGeniuz]

Did you lay down Bostik's MVP4 before the glue-down installation? Also did you test the slab for moisture? I'm about to install some Cherry maple over slab and I keep hearing you should seal the slab before. I'm confused any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

[nguye1971]

Great job. Would you recommend glue down over the plywood floor?

[refinedhardwood]

@marcusysasi I would recommend putting on a coat of "Bostik's MVP" prior to the adhesive. The stain on the concrete concerns me due to possible contamination.

[marcusysasi]

@refinedhardwood

I want to put engineered hardwood over my stained concrete floors and and wanting to know what kind of prep do I have to do. The finish on my floors are a water based roll on finish. Can I apply the glue directly on my concrete?

[saskLS1]

I didn't know Daniel Alfredsson does flooring in the off season.

[refinedhardwood]

I typically caution folks against gluing down a solid 3/4" thick floor. Unless the new flooring material is perfectly acclimated, the chances for failure are pretty high. I would suggest looking for a nice plank engineered product. The engineered products are much more stable. Thanks for watching!!!

[mufasa10811]

hi, read some of the coments and is realy confusing no mvp,what you think about 3/4 harwood maple 5" wide?any help would be appreciated!!