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Not a good idea.
Wood changes dimension as the water content changes. Because of this wood floors are not made of wooden tiles. If they were then gaps would open when the floor dried and it might/would buckle if it got too wet. Now, that being said, IF you put down some sort of barrier so any moisture in the concrete could not find it's way into the wood, and IF you used a flexible grout (really a sealant) which had elastic properties sufficient to allow the movement of the wood then it would be OK. I'm guessing that you would end up with something like a bunch of wood stuck in a puddle of sikaflex. Maintaining it with the combination of wood and flexible sealant would be a problem - as would refinishing it since the sander would not like the sealant at all. My advice, stick to the traditional methods of installing wooden flooring. -Jack "vegasdave" wrote in message om... I want to make my own flooring tiles from wood and install them as you would any other flooring tile. I would be intalling them on a solid concrete subfloor. Is this possible? Would I be able to use grout, or is there a special grouting material that I would use? Would I use construction adhesive or thinset to lay the tiles? Would I seal them with marine varnish, or would a urethane coating be sufficient? Any advice on this topic would be appreciated. I like tile, love wood, and hate parkay flooring. This idea seemed the best of both worlds. Please help. |
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