Installing Hardwood on a slab.

I willl be honest it is quite difficult to do. There are numerous precautions that you need to take before you install hardwood.

I would really suggest that you reconsider putting hardwood on a concrete slab. It usually indicated that you are planning to put it in the basement. Basements tend to be damp and moldy. If not treated properly. Both of these are not a good thing for hardwood.

Here are some options as to keeping it dry. There are a number of waterproofing sustems that can be applied to the concrete. That will seal out the moisture. This is imperiative before you start adding hardwood. Then adding some form of underlayment to give another layer of moisture barrier to protect your floor that is so subject to the moisture.

Even laying the floor is hard, because wilth hardwood on regular subflooring you have the OSB to nail to. There is nothing to nail to on the concrete slab. You have to float the floor. This means that the boards are connected to each other, but not the floor. This restrict the type of flooring that you can use.

OK, I have beat it to death. You can do it, but should you do it. Is the real question that you should ask. There are so many more options in great flooring. Don't settle your self that you have to have a particular floor.

There are many more appliance articles in our flooring section. There is more specific information in the links at the beginning of this article. They can guide you where you need to go.

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