Thin Concrete Floor Over Wood

Even if your home was built on a concrete slab you can still enjoy the beauty and charm of hardwood floors.

Thin concrete floor over wood.

A concrete floor is permanent even thin concrete overlays. The more rigid the sub floor the better the surface will resist water penetration. Some concrete stains combine and react with the minerals in the concrete mix making them permanent. It is difficult expensive and messy to remove an interior concrete installation.

Determine your starting wall. We recommend applying param 5500 at a minimum thickness of 3 8 1 2 is preferred to. For metal lath a stucco grade material is fine. I have seen anything from chicken wire to concrete wire mesh used successfully.

Metal lath stapled over plywood substrate. Thin floors are ideal to renovate the interior of a space. Changing the floor without dismantling the old one is now possible with low thickness concrete floors. In this project tom had to remove old tile and install another layer of 3 4 thick plywood.

Experienced professionals pay close attention to managing moisture and minimizing wood floor expansion and contraction when preparing to install hardwood floors on concrete slabs. The following project was executed by tom zilian of madstone floors from boston ma who created a polished concrete floor over a plywood substrate. Snap the chalk line over the top of the concrete or moisture barrier between the marks on opposite walls making a cross in the center of the room. The installation of calcium aluminate cement based self leveling concrete param 5500 along with expanded metal lath for reinforcement is a successful fast track method to convert a plywood subfloor into a beautiful concrete floor.

Plywood substrate in a kitchen. When installed correctly your concrete over plywood floor will not permit moisture through will not warp or buckle and will come with all the benefits of concrete in an easy to care for floor. Installing a hardwood floor over a concrete slab. It is even difficult to change the color.

Find concrete resurfacing products. Measure and mark the center of all four walls at floor level. You will lay the flooring lengthwise to this wall. They allow to cover ceramic tiles without removing them or to coat other types of floor made of wood concrete or marble without any demolition.

Complex projects take a long time to complete.