How To Install Prefinished Hardwood Floors On Concrete

Moisture can ruin your flooring before you even install it so avoid bringing the flooring into the installation space until the concrete is dry.

How to install prefinished hardwood floors on concrete.

Solid wood floors should not be installed in basements or below grade. Flooring usually takes three to five days to acclimate but the real test of acclimation is when its moisture content as measured by. This old house general contractor tom silva shows how to install a beautiful wood floor in just less than one day. The new hardwood floor is ready for immediate use.

They are available in 3 4 inch thickness as well as low profile styles that are 5 16 to 5 8 inch thick which are a good or installing over existing flooring. How to install prefinished solid hardwood flooring laying a solid hardwood strip floor is easier and faster if you choose a prefinished product to avoid the extra work of sanding staining and finishing. This is a good way to close the gap. Unpack the flooring and spread it around the room to acclimate.

Like unfinished hardwood floors the prefinished types typically have tongue and groove edges on all sides. In the photo note the flooring scrap extending the force of a pry bar into the piece being nailed.