The floor will be glued directly to the sub flooring using a hardwood flooring adhesive.
Glue down hardwood floor.
As mentioned previously glued down floors are a bit of a more permanent option.
If installing glue down hardwood flooring in a new house completely close the building in with all outside doors and windows in place.
The installation of hardwood floors by the glue down method is used predominately on concrete slabs.
Glue down hardwood floors on concrete.
Glued down flooring sounds more solid and is less forgiving as you walk.
Applications are more prominent with residential construction in sunbelt areas commercial locations and high rise dwellings.
Our highly durable and secure glue down system incorporates a junckers liquid moisture barrier which is applied if necessary first to protect against higher than normal residual moisture in the subfloor.
The wall coverings and painting should be completed before the installation of the hardwood flooring.
Subfloor preparation is critical on all job sites but especially for glue down.
All wet work such as concrete masonry framing members drywall paint etc should be thoroughly dry.
Glue down hardwood floors are amongst the first of their kind but that doesn t mean that they went obsolete with the passing of time.
Glue down hardwood floors is a good solution for large open areas where footsteps and drumming noise needs to be minimised.
Glue down hardwood flooring often sounds more like real solid hardwood flooring than floating floors do.
With that said one of the most important factors while dealing with glue down installation is going to be your subfloor.