Sleepers Over Concrete Slab For Pine Flooring

A sleeper system is a substructure made up of joists that sits on the surface of the concrete below the decking.

Sleepers over concrete slab for pine flooring. I will install the hardwood flooring over this. There is foam and a vapor barrier under the slab. It is now only the concrete floor. I have decided to have the wood floor installation on the living room floor.

Prepare the slab floor as discussed in preparing plywood on slab for hardwood above but instead of rolling out polyethylene sheeting on the concrete slab embed the 2 by 4 sleepers in thick lines of asphalt mastic. Cure the moisture problem before you install the floor. Moisture that comes up through the slab will ultimately find its way into your finished floor. Even if your home was built on a concrete slab you can still enjoy the beauty and charm of hardwood floors.

We plan on gluing and screwing scribed sleepers to the concrete applying a 6 mil poly vapor barrier over the sleepers and then screwing plywood to the sleepers and installing engineered flooring material. Installing a hardwood floor over a concrete slab. In this guide we ll provide you with basic instructions to help install a composite deck over concrete. We then had to use a self leveling laser level to make sure the sleepers were 100 level with shims.

I want to do this job myself. To install a composite deck over concrete you re going to need a sleeper system. However a wooden subfloor helps insulate the flooring from the cold concrete. Experienced professionals pay close attention to managing moisture and minimizing wood floor expansion and contraction when preparing to install hardwood floors on concrete slabs.

So i am just looking for some tips for installation. Mar 15 2013 2x4 sleepers shimmed over concrete slab once all the floors were ripped out we started to reconstruct the new floors to the same specifications to the old floor. It also adds a little cushion to the hard surface of the concrete. A direct glue down most common if concrete is sealed and floor is well made with water resistant backer and quality glues will dry out fine if dried out relatively quickly.

We have an out of level slab by over 1 1 2. A wooden subfloor will not cure moisture problems. If this is the case opt for kiln dried douglas fir yellow pine or other framing species if the slab is dry. First we laid a heavy 30 felt paper as a moisture barrier.

As i have budget problem i will do for one room and also save the money for installation. Set up a sleeper system. Sleepers over rubber pads for dance floors or sports floors.