Polished Concrete Floor Over Wood Subfloor

Engineered wood flooring less than thick and solid plank flooring 4 or wider cannot be installed directly to screeds so if you re installing our wide plank flooring you ll need to overlay a plywood over the screed system.

Polished concrete floor over wood subfloor.

We recommend applying param 5500 at a minimum thickness of 3 8 1 2 is preferred to. Prepare by sanding down to clean bare wood. The sub floor must be free of deflection l 360 considering both live and dead loads. Plywood substrate in a kitchen.

Veuillez vous connecter à votre compte afin de profiter de vos rabais en ligne. Request info 1 866 835 6595. With some judicious control joints we only had a few cracks. Floated subfloor alternate subfloor glue down sub floor and the nail down subfloor system.

Secure loose boards with deck screws and fill open seams with rapid setting polymer modified concrete. The concrete was specified to reach 3 500 psi at 28 days with a water cementitious ratio of 0 45 and a max. Plain concrete slabs have served as the flooring material for basements garages patios and utility areas for many years but concrete is now also a viable material in home interiors where it can be polished etched or stained to serve as the finished flooring surface if you are used to thinking of concrete as a utilitarian surface suitable only for utilitarian surfaces the many virtues. The installation of calcium aluminate cement based self leveling concrete param 5500 along with expanded metal lath for reinforcement is a successful fast track method to convert a plywood subfloor into a beautiful concrete floor.

Concrete floor video on how to install concrete over an existing wood subfloor. Metal lath stapled over plywood substrate. It s best to place the underlayment over 3 4 inch thick plywood fastened with screws at 12 to 16 inch intervals to help decrease deflection and add stability. Learn how to install beautiful hardwood floors over a concrete slab.

Replace any weak or water damaged wood. Slump of 4 with shrinking reducing ad mix. Get a comprehensive breakdown on which materials to use what to take into consideration and what steps to take for four subfloor systems. How to install a wood subfloor over concrete.

We had a similar concrete floor with radiant tubing and the wire mesh attached to spacers just floated over the top of the tubing.