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Float or Glue EHW?
Posted on 7/11/20 at 8:54 pm
Posted on 7/11/20 at 8:54 pm
In the process now of removing about 1200sf of tile throughout the house. New flooring will be here next week; we went with an engineered hardwood. Original plan was to glue down, but the majority of those I have spoken with have recommended just floating it.
Concrete slab; will grind down thinset after tile removal and will self-level if needed prior to the new floor installation.
All DIY
In your opinion, which method is best, and why? And no, not returning and getting LVP...
Concrete slab; will grind down thinset after tile removal and will self-level if needed prior to the new floor installation.
All DIY
In your opinion, which method is best, and why? And no, not returning and getting LVP...
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Posted on 7/12/20 at 5:49 am to nahtanojc
I just did two rooms, I chose float. Make sure you figure out how to join your EHW planks together, either buy the “snap” together type or buy tongue and groove glue.
Sounds obvious as I’m typing, but I was dumb enough to order the type I needed to glue and forgot to get the glue. Had to run all over town to find glue.
ETA: I chose float due to ease of install and not wanting to fool around with the glue. I also have existing floors that are floating.
Sounds obvious as I’m typing, but I was dumb enough to order the type I needed to glue and forgot to get the glue. Had to run all over town to find glue.
ETA: I chose float due to ease of install and not wanting to fool around with the glue. I also have existing floors that are floating.
This post was edited on 7/12/20 at 8:00 am
Posted on 7/12/20 at 8:16 am to Cblack23
Just a heads up. Being you are installing on concrete, there is a special glue to use that puts down a vapor barrel to prevent moisture wicking up into the wood. Use it or you will be replacing the floor.
Another thing, you have to let the flooring sit inside for about a week to acclimatize before installing.
Another thing, you have to let the flooring sit inside for about a week to acclimatize before installing.
Posted on 7/12/20 at 8:28 am to nahtanojc
Do not grind concrete Yourself pay someone or rent a shot blaster
Glue it down after you roll on a moisture barrier
Glue it down after you roll on a moisture barrier
Posted on 7/12/20 at 10:34 am to Cblack23
Will definitely make sure I have the glue. I ordered all the glue for the glue-down application, but can change that if needed before taking delivery.
Posted on 7/12/20 at 10:39 am to fishfighter
Floor will be inside for a couple weeks prior to install... prepping the floor will take me a few weekends to do it right.
Pretty sure the glue on order is the Titebond with the moisture barrier in it.
Curious as to why you state this? After the 2016 flood, I pulled up tile and grinded the thinset with no issue... only reason I am pulling everything up is the shoddy install by a contractor that screwed us over.
Pretty sure the glue on order is the Titebond with the moisture barrier in it.
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Do not grind concrete Yourself
Curious as to why you state this? After the 2016 flood, I pulled up tile and grinded the thinset with no issue... only reason I am pulling everything up is the shoddy install by a contractor that screwed us over.
Posted on 7/12/20 at 11:04 am to nahtanojc
I DYI’d a EHW glue down floor in a guest room several years ago - my first time putting down a floor. I had glue down EHW floors in other areas of the house (concrete slab) from the initial build so that is what I decided to do. The job turned out fine, but I’ll never personally never do a glue down floor again. Laying down and troweling floor thick adhesive was a messy unpleasant job and experience for me, but it might be different for you. As fish said, you need a vapor barrier and there is an adhesive with a vapor barrier incorporated into it that I used, it’s expensive though, and there are cheaper adhesives without the vapor barrier, 1/2 price, don’t use those. A main advantage of a glue down is that you can sand and re-finish the floor down the road if you purchased an EHW floor with a thick enough wood veneer.
I have 2 more rooms in the house with carpet that I’m planning now to replace with EHW. I plan to DYI it but I’m definitely going to do a floating floor this time, and not glue down to concrete. You still use adhesive in the groove of the individual boards but that’s a different ballgame than troweling out floor adhesive. Of course you’ll still need a vapor barrier with the floating floor. A potential disadvantage as I understand is that you can’t re-finish a floating floor, but in my case I don’t see that as an issue.
Good luck with whatever route you decide to go.
I have 2 more rooms in the house with carpet that I’m planning now to replace with EHW. I plan to DYI it but I’m definitely going to do a floating floor this time, and not glue down to concrete. You still use adhesive in the groove of the individual boards but that’s a different ballgame than troweling out floor adhesive. Of course you’ll still need a vapor barrier with the floating floor. A potential disadvantage as I understand is that you can’t re-finish a floating floor, but in my case I don’t see that as an issue.
Good luck with whatever route you decide to go.
Posted on 7/12/20 at 11:20 am to nahtanojc
I’d personally not like the floating application. shite moves and sounds hollow/cheap.
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