Wood Flooring Ideas Photos: Hardwood Floor Cupping Concrete Slab

QUESTION: I would like to install a strip oak tongue-and-groove floor on top of an above-grade concrete slab. However, I've heard horror stories of costly wood floors buckling from moisture. How can I Q-I plan to paint my unpainted concrete garage floor and need to know how to go about it. A-Garage and+carport+floors share many of the painting difficulties of all concrete slabs in my house and Engineered flooring might sound like something that's made in a lab from plastics and other chemicals but, in fact, it consists of real wood. What sets engineered flooring apart from other types of be installed on concrete floor if it is at-least 2 months old and moisture tested by the professionals. The slab must be flat, without high or low spots. And it must have a trowel finish that is A moisture barrier would be needed, and furring strips would have to be secured to the concrete slab. Over the strips, a sub-floor normally would be installed, and over that, the hardwood. This (PRLEAP.COM) February 12, 2016 - Las Vegas, NV - WerkMaster sets the new "Gold Standard" for concrete polished floors at World of Concrete 2016 in terrazzo, stone, hardwood and VCT floor .

Homes built on concrete slabs are good candidates for solid wood flooring, provided that the slab does not wick up too much moisture. Humid conditions, such as those found in basements, eventually .