Engineered Hardwood Flooring

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Andy Halterman: Winter is such a tease

>Check out the Bostik glue system for glue down flooring. They have a whole setup that includes a moisture barrier. I've not used the barrier personally but I know their "Best" adhesive is great stuff.

Andy Halterman

Home with a cold in Hendersonville, NC�


Bostik hardwood stuff

Re: Engineered Hardwood Flooring

Gary Bindel

>Find out what the manufacturer recommends and follow it to the letter. Otherwise the warranty will be void. One brand I installed on a slab had something similar to bubble-wrap with an adhesive strip to connect them to provide a moisture barrier.

Re: Engineered Hardwood Flooring

Glenn Madsen near San Francisco

>We 'floated' an engineered 'brazilian cherry' BORG product in the kitchen at my son & daughter-in-laws place last year. Looks really good, and has stood up to, so far, the events that grandchildren bring down upon it. The directions to float it include using their underlayment vapor barrier over the concrete. This also helps for sound deadening and gives a little squish to the floor. Easier on the legs than the concrete.

Who really knows what that 'brazilian cherry' was as a tree? Looks good, though.

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Joe Piotrowski - Chicago Burb's

>floating floor need no glue but I have seen some interesting stuff to place under it on the program "Holmes on Holmes". in general basement is not up to snuff.

I redid my living room with it and I must say. it looks nice and I would put it down if I wanted to dress up a room for resale. otherwise I don't care for it. I don't like how easy the seams can be damaged by water. real wood gives a warmth that synthetics can't.

if I was to put down "fake" wood stuff, I might be tempted to go with this new vinyl ( linoleum?)flooring made to look like wood. textured even.

just my .02c

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Gump in Renfrew

>Off hand, I can't specifically answer your question. I don't deal with Bruce but...

Engineered floors are all different. Some are click and float like laminate. Some are T&G that can be glued together and floated, stapled down, and glued down.

Not applicable in your case but some require a special stapler that is only available through the manufacturer.

As already stated, follow manufacturers instructions for warrenty purposes. This includes using the manufacturers adhesives.

Gump

Probably Jatoba

Bill Howatt

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r payne

>Let's try this again. I don't think the last attempt went through, if it did this will be a duplicate.

Yes I have and used Bruce. If memory serves it can be glued or float. If you float you can add thicker underlayment which means more padding.

In the flooring world "engineered flooring" is made of plywood with a top veneer of the desired wood. "Laminated flooring" is a wood veneer or wood-like surface over an MDF or particle board core. Both are prefinished and usually rated for any room and any lever -- including basement and bathrooms.

Real hardwood can be installed over a slab but this requires a lot of prep (sealing the concrete, glue and/or seperate vapor barier) that makes for a lot of expense.

ron