How To Put Down Engineered Wood Flooring

Engineered flooring goes down over a thin foam sheet which provides cushioning and sound dampening.

How to put down engineered wood flooring.

Immediately wipe up any glue that squeezes through the boards. The thought of ripping up both to install life proof vinyl flooring doesn t appeal to me. Scrape the floor clean of drywall compound paint and other substances on the floor. Floating involves attaching or clicking the panels which blocks out moisture.

Then connect the pieces carefully folding and tapping the new piece to rest on the subfloor. Floating or click lock installation is the most common installation method for engineered wood. Solid wood is classic and can last a century but engineered flooring offers a quicker easier way to get a new floor and it comes with a durable factory applied finish. If you were to install the floor by using all the planks from one box before opening the next you run the risk of installing the floor with large mismatched patches of flooring.

When installing additional rows work from left to right. Glue down installation is a popular option for engineered flooring typically clicked together and secured with glue. If the wood flooring is to be glued down make sure there aren t sealers or other coatings that may interfere with the adhesive bond. Boards adhere well to the rough surface of the concrete subfloor and therefore lead to less gaps or planks lifting and buckling.

The planks glue together to create a floor that floats moves freely as a unit. You need to leave a 5 16 inch gap between the flooring and the baseboard or wall around the perimeter of the room to allow the floor enough space to expand. Then sweep again and. The glue down method of engineered wood flooring installation is typically the most common and creates a highly stable floor.

We avoid those problems by using a buffer and hard plate with 30 grit sandpaper to abrade the surface. A concern with engineered flooring however is that the colors may be quite uniform within an entire box but have distinct tonal differences from one box to the next. I have an old tile engineered wood combo flooring in roughly 1000 sqft of the house. Unfortunately where the ceramic meets the engineered wood there s a little less that a 1 4 inch height difference and a transition is currently being used.

Because it s laminated it s more stable than solid wood so you can put it over concrete or radiant floors and not worry about warping.