Glue Down Hardwood Floor

Glue down hardwood floors on concrete.

Glue down hardwood floor.

The floor will be glued directly to the sub flooring using a hardwood flooring adhesive. 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. Glue down hardwood floors is a good solution for large open areas where footsteps and drumming noise needs to be minimised.

With that said one of the most important factors while dealing with glue down installation is going to be your subfloor. If installing glue down hardwood flooring in a new house completely close the building in with all outside doors and windows in place. Applications are more prominent with residential construction in sunbelt areas commercial locations and high rise dwellings. All wet work such as concrete masonry framing members drywall paint etc should be thoroughly dry.

The feel and sound of glued down flooring is reminiscent of the traditional hardwood floors of generations past. The installation of hardwood floors by the glue down method is used predominately on concrete slabs. Subfloor preparation is critical on all job sites but especially for glue down. As mentioned previously glued down floors are a bit of a more permanent option.

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