Installing Engineered Floating Wood Floors

Note that some engineered hardwood flooring products have a click lock design.

Installing engineered floating wood floors.

If your subfloor is concrete cover it with a wood or engineered wood subfloor first. This sandwich of wood veneer glued to layers of pine or plywood looks like solid wood and is very stable. There are several floating floor materials available but if you want real wood the best choice is engineered flooring. Watch as jack explains what s involved in floating installation of engineered hardwood flooring.

When installing additional rows work from left to right. Although engineered flooring s thin veneer can t be sanded as many times as solid wood can its thick factory applied. 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. Installing a floating engineered hardwood floor works well at any grade level and over most types of subfloor surfaces.

Then connect the pieces carefully folding and tapping the new piece to rest on the subfloor. Laying down your floating flooring directly onto concrete is a no no. 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. Immediately wipe up any glue that squeezes through the boards.

A floating engineered wood flooring installation on concrete can be an excellent choice if your subfloor is below grade. Also the possibility of dampness however small is greater when there are fewer membranes between your concrete foundation and your floating floor. For one there s less insulation.