I am looking for some alternatives to laying tile on concrete floors here in central Missouri. We have used floating hardwood floors with limited success, and have generally resorted to tile as a sturdy, rich floor covering. For those that feel that tile is too cold, we would like to use some hardwood, but the floating floors don’t have that authentic wood floor feel. We haven’t used glue down wood floors much, as variation in concrete create pops and movement. Any other solutions or cost effective products out there?
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Of course it depends a lot on the style of the house and what room(s) you are talking about. But here are a few suggestions.
what if you want to cover a pitched area up to a floor drain.
You can also put down plywood and then do a nailed installed wood floor.
I thought about plywood, but you would have a number of issues to deal with regarding the height as it would effect steps, door heights etc. and then leave you with a pretty high transition to carpet.
Doug
You left height change out the heigh change problem. Is this for a whole house? New contstruction where you can still make other adjustments in other rooms or remodeling just a part of it? On grade slab? Basment?
But the plywood is much less than the sleeper the other person mentioned.
But what about using one of the self leveling floor compounds. Then you would have a flat enough floor for a glue down or floating or vinyl.
Mr Micro keeps recommending and interesting system, Stikabond or something like that. It combines floating with a glue down.
It has a cushion pad similar to that used under the floating floor. But then is has some slots in it where you apply adhesive.
I would mostly look to install wood in the entry and Kitchen/dining areas and this involves new construction. Thanks for the ideas.
Doug