Too Much Glue Hardwood To Concrete

We have scraped and vacuumed and the concrete seems ready for the new glue for our subfloor sound deadening mat to which the 5 8 x 5 engineered oak floor will be glued.

Too much glue hardwood to concrete.

They use too much adhesive thinking that more is better and the panels will be more secure this way. Concrete has a dull black finish that i think is from the previous glue that was used 1966 and has some remnant dust from the homosote. Ken fisher is a flooring contractor in bonita springs fla. The installation of hardwood floors by the glue down method is used predominately on concrete slabs.

Applications are more prominent with residential construction in sunbelt areas commercial locations and high rise dwellings. Clean up any glue as you go. Solid hardwood should not be glued to a concrete slab. I have seen some major disasters because someone who lacked experience did exactly what this post suggests and ended up with a 16 000 failure in no time.

Glue is a secondary method of attachment for bonding wood to concrete. Once the glue dries it s much harder to remove. This is a common mistake with newcomers to the do it yourself hardwood flooring field. Be advised that over strapping can adversely affect the floor and may result in glue bond failure seam peaking twisted boards or out of square floor board alignment.

Glue down hardwood floors on concrete. Photos by charles bickford except where noted. Glue forms the initial bond but without screws and nails the natural expansion and contraction of the wood can break or weaken the glue. Clean up as you go.

Although this may be true they run out of the adhesive halfway through the installation process and lose precious work hours. Engineered hardwood is perfectly suited to do the job and there is no reason to glue down solid hardwood.