Diy Plywood Plank Flooring Over Concrete

It has cement floors and i want to do the plywood flooring cutting it to look like planks and then polyurethane over it to seal it.

Diy plywood plank flooring over concrete.

While we love our hardwood floors we know that not every diyer has the budget and if we re keeping it real not every project is worth the splurge for higher end flooring we ve talked about and heard from our readers over on facebook about plywood plank flooring too. The flooring associate at the home depot canada suggested using vapour barrier with tuck tape to seal the concrete. So technically if you are installing vinyl plank flooring onto concrete you already have a subfloor. However a new concrete floor contains a lot of moisture.

We love the varied wood grain texture of the plywood the different tones of white we got by white washing some planks more than others and the old school look of the 8 width of the planks with the slight gaps in between. The floors did darken up a bit once the polyurethane dried but we still really love the look. The garage has been here many years ive lived in it 3 years. With plywood subfloor that s totally enough.

Could i use liquid nails to hold floor to concrete or is there something else i should do. If you re installing plywood over an existing dry concrete floor you shouldn t have any problem. This project was the truest sense of diy. Moisture will get through so even if you don t add an additional underlay you do need to seal the concrete.

Treated plywood to the concrete with concrete screws spaced every 16 in. This flooring has underlay attached. It s also possible to install carlisle floors over concrete slabs with radiant heat. Alternatively screw rows of treated 1x4s to the concrete 16 in.

However due to the cost of the adhesives it can be slightly cheaper to use the plywood method. As you d expect diy rustic wide plank plywood flooring takes much longer to finish than just installing pre made planks. First i head over to my local home depot to scope out the different types of plywood. Lay 6 mil polyethylene sheeting over the concrete to minimize moisture migration from the concrete up into the wood flooring.

The cost associated with both options for installing wood over concrete is similar. Moisture levels in concrete floors. Everything from cutting the plywood into wide plank boards to sanding staining finishing and installing the plywood planks down all of it diy. Our plywood pretty week is coming to a close and there s one topic we haven t covered yet.

So you need to allow it to cure for at least 60 days before even bothering to check the moisture level. I have wood heat so it stays dry in here. However some people prefer to add another thin layer of subflooring between the concrete and vinyl. I chose to use standard 1 2 thick 4 x 8 sheets at a cost of just under 20 each.

The installation process calls for using a floating plywood sub floor.