I want to install hardwood flooring on a concrete pad that rests
directly on the ground. I'd like to make it floating. What method of
moisture barrier would be best for this. I'm concerned that a plastic
sheet would abrade through.

I guess I could install a plywood subfloor but still...best way to
barrier?
Would the concrete be sealed and the plywood attached to that? Glue or
concrete nails?

I want to do this myself to save some money. I just need some advice
or some good sites for the proper ways to get it done.


TIA.

I'd ask the flooring salespeople, some stuff I was looking at you just
put on top of the concrete, it already had a barrier on the backside.

I glued a lot of engineered hardwood flooring directly to my concrete pad.
No problem since I installed it ten years ago.

Pad should be dry, though. Any lateral cracks (expansion cracks) should be
bridged with a "slip sheet" of 15 lb roofing paper.

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Walter
www.rationality.net
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"coustanis" wrote in message
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I want to install hardwood flooring on a concrete pad that rests
directly on the ground. I'd like to make it floating. What method of
moisture barrier would be best for this. I'm concerned that a plastic
sheet would abrade through.

I guess I could install a plywood subfloor but still...best way to
barrier?
Would the concrete be sealed and the plywood attached to that? Glue or
concrete nails?

I want to do this myself to save some money. I just need some advice
or some good sites for the proper ways to get it done.


TIA.

Follow the directions that come with the flooring.

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"coustanis" wrote in message
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I want to install hardwood flooring on a concrete pad that rests
directly on the ground. I'd like to make it floating. What method of
moisture barrier would be best for this. I'm concerned that a plastic
sheet would abrade through.

I guess I could install a plywood subfloor but still...best way to
barrier?
Would the concrete be sealed and the plywood attached to that? Glue or
concrete nails?

I want to do this myself to save some money. I just need some advice
or some good sites for the proper ways to get it done.


TIA.