A glue down installation requires premium wood adhesives be properly troweled over the concrete slab and the engineered wood planks laid onto the adhesive and locked together at their tongue and groove joints.
Can i glue engineered wood to concrete.
They also require considerably more time to trowel which adds to the overall labor costs.
Wood adhesives recommended today are much more environmentally friendly than in the past but they cost more.
Check with the manufacturer of your engineered wood to ensure that it s viable with the process.
The adhesive manufacturer should have instructions regarding specific trowel requirements.
A glue down installation requires premium wood adhesives to be properly troweled over the concrete slab.
For various size of floors in various areas there are various concepts that i might share to you.
But the catch is that the solid wood flooring we have that can be glued over concrete and warranted is 5 16 and 7 16 solid hardwood not 3 4 solid hardwood and can be only on on grade and suspended concrete.
Then the engineered wood planks can be laid into the adhesive and locked together at their tongue and groove joints.
However advancements in engineered flooring have made above grade wood to concrete adhesion possible if certain conditions are met.
In most instances hardwood flooring is never glued directly to concrete.
My answer to that is yes and it is still warranted.