Glue Down Hardwood Floor

Glued down flooring sounds more solid and is less forgiving as you walk.

Glue down hardwood floor.

The feel and sound of glued down flooring is reminiscent of the traditional hardwood floors of generations past. Glue down hardwood floors are amongst the first of their kind but that doesn t mean that they went obsolete with the passing of time. If installing glue down hardwood flooring in a new house completely close the building in with all outside doors and windows in place. Our highly durable and secure glue down system incorporates a junckers liquid moisture barrier which is applied if necessary first to protect against higher than normal residual moisture in the subfloor.

Glue down hardwood flooring often sounds more like real solid hardwood flooring than floating floors do. All wet work such as concrete masonry framing members drywall paint etc should be thoroughly dry. Glue down hardwood floors on concrete. Glue down hardwood floors is a good solution for large open areas where footsteps and drumming noise needs to be minimised.

Subfloor preparation is critical on all job sites but especially for glue down. The floor will be glued directly to the sub flooring using a hardwood flooring adhesive. With that said one of the most important factors while dealing with glue down installation is going to be your subfloor. The wall coverings and painting should be completed before the installation of the hardwood flooring.

As mentioned previously glued down floors are a bit of a more permanent option. On the contrary many installers prefer to use glue down floors because they re more stable and if the glue is good you can avoid a lot of the problems that bug other flooring methods.