Flooring

Archive for November, 2009

My condo is on the bottom floor. I’m changing the carpet into hardwood Flooring. I have a concrete slab under the carpet. I was wondering if it would be a good idea to put some type of concrete sealer before putting on the engineered Hardwood Flooring and underlayment? Or is the underlayment enough to stop the moisture?

I’m going to assume this is not a basement but a slab floor. It will depend on if there are issues currently with dampness as to what you do here. Sealing it should not hurt in any case. a 6 or 7 lb underlayment will serve you greatly. But for an engineered floor I strongly suggest Dricore.

http://www.dricore.com/en/eIndex.aspx

To produce similar results to Dricore less expensivly use Delta-FL it’s 50 cents a sq foot. then normal underlayment.

http://www.cosella-dorken.com/bvf-ca-en/products/foundation_residential/floor/products/fl.php

all things being equal.

Not if you’ve purchased 3/4" wide (or thereabouts) planks. They’re tongue and groove and install exactly like Hardwood FlooFlooring does. You can use 2" L cleats or 2" Crown staples to attach them to your subfloor. Underlayment paper is optional, but it’s usually inexpensive and worth the extra minimal effort.

I want to lay Hardwood Flooring down in this room and it’s 13×9 square feet. The Flooring I want is .98 cents per square foot. How much would it cost in total to have the floor covered?

Multiply 13 x 9 = 117 square footage
.98 x 117 = $114.66