Secret nailing the floor down to a wood subfloor.
How to lay floating bamboo flooring on concrete.
Pour a self leveling floor compound onto the concrete to fill any low areas in the.
Lay out the planks for the first row calculate the length of the last plank and cut it with a saw remembering to allow for a 1 4 inch expansion gap at both ends of the row.
Position the plank at a 20 30 angle to the plank already installed.
There are four different ways to install plank style bamboo flooring and only one way to install parquet block bamboo.
Place the grooved side of bamboo planks against the spacers.
If you are using bamboo flooring with a tongue and groove profile then you just fit the tongue and grooves together and glue the planks to the concrete subfloor.
Set spacers between the planks and the wall to maintain the 1 4 inch gap.
If you are using bamboo flooring with a click fitting system then just glue the planks to the concrete as you click them into place.
Open up the bamboo flooring and lay it on the concrete for 48 to 72 hours.
Place a level on the concrete at several areas.
Floating the floor using tongue and groove flooring not parquet block.
Depending on the type of locking system that comes with your glueless click bamboo floor you can install the planks one of two different ways or sometimes both varies by manufacturer.
Make sure you have a tube of bostik adhesive remover wipes handy to clean up glue spills asap because letting the glue cure on top of the flooring planks will damage the finish.
Set 1 2 inch plastic spacers next to the longest wall and along the adjacent walls.
Floating the floor using uniclic flooring.
Assemble the bamboo flooring end to end snapping the ends together as you go.
Floating the floor using tongue and groove flooring not parquet block 2.
Gluing the floor down to a concrete or wood subfloor.
Move the plank gently up and down while pushing forward.
My first video upload of one of my many home improvement jobs.
Installing parquet block bamboo flooring.
As you join planks end to end spread a small amount.