Concrete Sleeper System For Condo Hardwood Floor

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Concrete sleeper system for condo hardwood floor.

Set out the sleepers along the perimeter of the room and in their approximate locations across the rest of the floor cutting them to length as necessary. The national wood flooring association recommends two choices in sub flooring systems for concrete installations. Most basements have concrete floors which have the potential to draw moisture. Sleeper system nailed subfloor to concrete nailing subfloor directly to concrete most recently the most popular method of installing solid 3 4 hardwood floors on concrete was a plywood subfloor attached to the slab.

I intend to put in 3 4 hardwood floors. The plywood can be fastened through the rigid foam to the concrete slab below with tapcon fasteners. Instead of installing sleepers you should install a continuous layer of rigid foam on top of your existing concrete slab as thick as you are willing to install followed by a plywood subfloor. Plywood on slab begin by covering the slab with a vapor retarder.

Plank flooring plank flooring four inches and wider requires either the plywood on slab system or the sleeper system topped with a minimum of 5 8 inch thick plywood or osb. Treated plywood to the concrete with concrete screws spaced every 16 in. My concern is how to deal with any moisture coming up from the slab. In this vid we look at the batte.

It is approximately 5 in below the rest of the house. Yyyyeeeehaaawww we have just hit over 100 000 views on this vid. I have a sunken living room part of the design. Snap chalklines to help you position the sleepers.

Either subfloor system is satisfactory for three quarter inch flooring. Moisture can cause floors to warp and provide a breeding ground for mold. Lay 6 mil polyethylene sheeting over the concrete to minimize moisture migration from the concrete up into the wood flooring. That part of the house is on concrete slab.

Use a minimum of two layers 3 8 10 mm cd exposure 1 plywood subfloor panels cdx in 4 x 8 sheets. Alternatively screw rows of treated 1x4s to the concrete 16 in. I would like to build a sleeper system to make the floor level to the rest of the house.