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Best method to install bamboo flooring on concrete?

I recently bought bamboo flooring, not laminate, it's 4 inches wide and 37 3/4 inches long. I've read of two methods for installing on concrete, either with a urethane glue, or floating type floor and gluing the joints as you assemble.

Which method is the best method? The room is about 350 sq ft, and about 200 sq ft of hallway. I would like to do this myself.

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  • rob s
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    Glue down w/ a urethane glue..Special glue trowel for this.. Hope you have strong arm. It will test your arm strength..Cement must be very clean and dust free..Is this an engineered bamboo? Only an engineered flooring can be glued .. Full 3/4:" flooring needs to be nailed down. You can glue edges on only flooring made for this. And I m real sure it isn t available any more. E mail me thru my avatar if you want some hints and suggestions on glueing a floor down GL

    Source(s): 20 years in flooring as a store owner/ installer
  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    i have installed a lot of different types of flooring and you glue it to the concrete, this is a very special expensive glue because it is air activated that seals the concrete and glues the floor down and you use special tools and strapes to pull and hold it together. you use small amounts of glue at a time and remove any glue off finished surface while it's wet. The floor has been down 10 years and is still beautiful, but one thing that i did not like was, as i was installing flooring, my brother used a quart can to help himself up off floor, it left a perfect round circle which thank God is under the bed, bamboo is not a hard surface.

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  • 1 decade ago

    I'm sure urethane glue is the way to go. Read the info that came with your wood and use what they recommend in order to keep your warranty. Be sure the slab is extremely clean and level before installation.

    Source(s): I own a flooring showroom & installation business.
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