Concrete Sleeper System For Condo Hardwood Floor

Subfloor sleeper are used in basements to protect certain types of flooring such as laminate hardwood and carpet.

Concrete sleeper system for condo hardwood floor.

The national wood flooring association recommends two choices in sub flooring systems for concrete installations. I would like to build a sleeper system to make the floor level to the rest of the house. Yyyyeeeehaaawww we have just hit over 100 000 views on this vid. Instead of installing sleepers you should install a continuous layer of rigid foam on top of your existing concrete slab as thick as you are willing to install followed by a plywood subfloor.

It is approximately 5 in below the rest of the house. Most basements have concrete floors which have the potential to draw moisture. Use a minimum of two layers 3 8 10 mm cd exposure 1 plywood subfloor panels cdx in 4 x 8 sheets. I have a sunken living room part of the design.

My concern is how to deal with any moisture coming up from the slab. The plywood can be fastened through the rigid foam to the concrete slab below with tapcon fasteners. This may be as simple as a 6 mil polyethylene plastic covering 100 percent of the concrete and brought up all walls then trimmed after the floor has been installed. Moisture can cause floors to warp and provide a breeding ground for mold.

Plank flooring plank flooring four inches and wider requires either the plywood on slab system or the sleeper system topped with a minimum of 5 8 inch thick plywood or osb. Alternatively screw rows of treated 1x4s to the concrete 16 in. Snap chalklines to help you position the sleepers. Treated plywood to the concrete with concrete screws spaced every 16 in.

So happy its been of use to soooo many folks out there. Lay 6 mil polyethylene sheeting over the concrete to minimize moisture migration from the concrete up into the wood flooring. Either subfloor system is satisfactory for three quarter inch flooring. In this vid we look at the batte.

Sleeper system nailed subfloor to concrete nailing subfloor directly to concrete most recently the most popular method of installing solid 3 4 hardwood floors on concrete was a plywood subfloor attached to the slab. Starting with a 1 4 inch gap along the walls mark the sheet with a felt marker at 16 inch intervals. I intend to put in 3 4 hardwood floors.