Allow the concrete floor to cure for between 60 and 90 days if new before installing the bamboo.
How to install bamboo click flooring on concrete.
This means looking at either the strand woven click bamboo or the 9mm bamboo.
The two main installation methods over concrete.
Now it is essential that the bamboo flooring must be acclimated with the concrete before installing it.
The beauty and efficiency of bamboo click flooring may depend on the installation process on some levels.
If installing glueless click bamboo on concrete the concrete should be fully cured 30 60 days before beginning preparation for flooring.
The glue down method can be used for solid or engineered bamboo flooring.
Gluing the floor down to a concrete or wood.
There are four different ways to install plank style bamboo flooring and only one way to install parquet block bamboo.
Floating the floor using tongue and groove flooring not parquet block 2.
For both wood and concrete subfloors the radiant heat should be turned on for approximately one week to ensure excess moisture is removed.
Floating the floor using uniclic flooring.
The most important factor is to use an approved urethane wood floor adhesive with vapor sound barrier and the trowel that is used specifically for that adhesive in this method you will adhere the bamboo flooring directly to the concrete slab.
This would be the fastest and easiest for you to install your bamboo flooring.
Open up the bamboo flooring and lay it on the concrete for 48 to 72 hours.
Use a moisture test kit to ascertain the level of moisture in the floor and therefore the amount of time the bamboo planks should be laid out on the concrete.
Clean the floor well with a pressure washer if it is an older concrete floor to remove any sealers.
Secret nailing the floor down to a wood subfloor.
At the onset of the development of bamboo floors staples and glues were used to keep the floor in place.