Concrete Sleeper System For Condo Hardwood Floor

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Concrete sleeper system for condo hardwood floor.

In this vid we look at the batte. 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. Lay 6 mil polyethylene sheeting over the concrete to minimize moisture migration from the concrete up into the wood flooring. I intend to put in 3 4 hardwood floors.

Plywood on slab begin by covering the slab with a vapor retarder. Most basements have concrete floors which have the potential to draw moisture. Subfloor sleeper are used in basements to protect certain types of flooring such as laminate hardwood and carpet. The plywood can be fastened through the rigid foam to the concrete slab below with tapcon fasteners.

My concern is how to deal with any moisture coming up from the slab. That part of the house is on concrete slab. Plank flooring plank flooring four inches and wider requires either the plywood on slab system or the sleeper system topped with a minimum of 5 8 inch thick plywood or osb. The national wood flooring association recommends two choices in sub flooring systems for concrete installations.

Starting with a 1 4 inch gap along the walls mark the sheet with a felt marker at 16 inch intervals. Moisture can cause floors to warp and provide a breeding ground for mold. So happy its been of use to soooo many folks out there. Snap chalklines to help you position the sleepers.

Sleeper system nailed subfloor to concrete nailing subfloor directly to concrete most recently the most popular method of installing solid 3 4 hardwood floors on concrete was a plywood subfloor attached to the slab. Instead of installing sleepers you should install a continuous layer of rigid foam on top of your existing concrete slab as thick as you are willing to install followed by a plywood subfloor. Use a minimum of two layers 3 8 10 mm cd exposure 1 plywood subfloor panels cdx in 4 x 8 sheets. I would like to build a sleeper system to make the floor level to the rest of the house.

Either subfloor system is satisfactory for three quarter inch flooring. Treated plywood to the concrete with concrete screws spaced every 16 in. Alternatively screw rows of treated 1x4s to the concrete 16 in.