Glue wood flooring to a concrete slab a plywood core makes engineered flooring the most stable choice provided the slab is flat and dry by ken fischer issue 170 if you want to install flooring on a concrete slab your floor covering choices are limited.
Can i glue engineered wood to concrete.
But the catch is that the solid wood flooring we have that can be glued over concrete and warranted is 5 16 and 7 16 solid hardwood not 3 4 solid hardwood and can be only on on grade and suspended concrete.
Check with the manufacturer of your engineered wood to ensure that it s viable with the process.
The adhesive manufacturer should have instructions regarding specific trowel requirements.
In most instances hardwood flooring is never glued directly to concrete.
A glue down installation requires premium wood adhesives to be properly troweled over the concrete slab.
Most 3 4 solid hardwood is made as a nail staple down installation.
A glue down installation requires premium wood adhesives be properly troweled over the concrete slab and the engineered wood planks laid onto the adhesive and locked together at their tongue and groove joints.
My answer to that is yes and it is still warranted.
They also require considerably more time to trowel which adds to the overall labor costs.
However advancements in engineered flooring have made above grade wood to concrete adhesion possible if certain conditions are met.
For various size of floors in various areas there are various concepts that i might share to you.