I Would Like To Know The Best Way To Install 3/4 Hard Wood On Solid Slab Concrete

amberwood425

hi to all i'm new to the site

skyhook

Hey Amberwood,
Welcome to CT I could tell you what I've paid to have it done. Instead I'll let an expert answer your Q.

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woodman42

Welcome amberwood.

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JacobCB

hello amber you might like this answer or you might not. The only way to fasten 3/4 hardwood to a concrete slab is to first lay down 4mil or thicker plastic vapor barrier then fasten down 5/8 or 3/4 pressure treated plywood sheathing to the concrete slab. This will give you a surface that you can nail your 3/4 hardwood to. The only type of floor that you can glue down directly to the slab without and vapor barrier would be an engineered floor, which is usually 3/8 to 5/8 of an inch thick.

neolitic

I like 1X sleepers @12" oc over 6mil myself. Either way you have some real grief with doors, jambs, etc. And 1½" transitions are pretty ugly,MHO.

Cole

No real easy way to attach hardwood to a slab unless you planned for this from the beginning. That way, things could have been designed and done the correct way so that you do not have 1 1/2" transitions stated above.

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Grumpyplumber

I've had to install radiant floor panels over concrete (owner decided to add this, after the slab was long since poured).
We put down insulation/vapor barrier, then used tapcons to tack down the panels.
The tapcons predictably don't all hold, but a ramset woulda split the panels.