Concrete And Bamboo Floors

Ceramic tile floors are also water resistant.

Concrete and bamboo floors. Most floors are susceptible to messes and stains and engineered bamboo floors are no exception. Most bamboo floors are urethane finishd so you will have to purchase a cleaner that is designed for use on. Solid bamboo planks can also be glued down over an existing concrete floor. For those who prefer modern décor bamboo flooring has a clean contemporary look.

An epoxy basement floor is a durable finish for concrete. The next most important tool is your trowel. Home decorators collection hand scraped strand woven wellington 3 8 in. Install an inground pool refinish hardwood floors paint a house replace a roof replace a window chain link fence install an ac unit build a house install concrete slab replace water heater.

T x 5 1 8 in. Step 1 removing stains. We applied leveling compound in areas of necessity. Solid bamboo planks are installed much the same was as solid hardwood.

Bamboo flooring is a natural product and needs to acclimatise. We spent a lot of time on the prep work of the concrete. Lumber liquidators recommends the use of either bostik s or mapei brand adhesives. Installation of nail down or glue down bamboo planks is usually handled by professionals.

Like other hardwood flooring bamboo may be refinished depending on the thickness of the planks. We allowed drying time. Properly finished bamboo flooring cleans easily with a mop and mild soap. Be sure to review the adhesive manufacture s technical data sheets for proper trowel sizes and limitations.

The morning star or supreme bamboo tongue and groove floors and morning star click floors can be glued down to concrete on or above grade using adhesive. Vinyl basement flooring is generally waterproof or water resistant. You want a trowel that has been designed to work with your adhesive. My father and i installed a hand scraped 5 8 th inch engineered bamboo floor over a concrete subfloor.

The tongue and groove boards are usually blind nailed to the subfloor through the edge of the boards. If you re not sure just check the label on the flooring glue bucket or call your flooring manufacturer. If you have a newly laid concrete subfloor you must check for moisture using a concrete moisture meter the moisture content should be below 6. Place your flooring in the room s which it will be laid lay the boxes flat leaving the flooring in the boxes for minimum of 48 hours.

We scraped off all glue and thoroughly cleaned concrete. Laminate floors can be an affordable option but they re often not 100 waterproof. L engineered click bamboo flooring 2 49. In order to remove common household stains such as pets accidents spilled drinks and dirt and grease use a cleaner that is formulated for your flooring.

Laminated bamboo flooring with a top layer glued to multiple sub layers is diy friendly.