DIY: A Complete Guide to Installing Wooden Flooring on Concrete

Today we'll be showing you how we removed the carpet from our basement and installing a floating wood flooring on the concrete. We go in depth in the process and provide tips that we learned while installing the flooring to make the process easier for you guys.

Tools Used in Project:
• Miter Saw
• Table Saw
• Circular Saw
• Jig Saw
• Oscillating Multi-tool
• Pry-bar
• Rubber Mallet
• 18 Gauge Nail Gun
• Hammer
• Nail Punch
• Level
• Angle Grinder
• Diamond Grinding Disk
• Scissors
• Box Cutter

Music:
Track: Tropical Love — Vendredi [Audio Library Release]
Music provided by Audio Library Plus

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[adhafer]

Hi. Thanks for the upload. Job well done. Only criticism would be the music. Anyway I'm a professional floor layer in the UK and just wanted to say you've done an excellent job. Only tip I'd add is that it's always best to lay your first three rows without glue and make sure all is well. Once that's done, glue and clamp it all together. This ensures it'll all be straight without movement. Other than that, well done.

[brantfetter]

Very encouraging! I don't see it mentioned here but another rookie mistake: not removing the base trim. A primary purpose of trim is to cover the gap between wall and flooring. So leaving a gap between the base trim defeats the purpose of the base trim.

[snowf]

My subfloor concrete and this is my first time doing something like this--I'm gonna go for the floating hardwood floor too but gonna use click and lock hardwood. Thank you for the video I'm kind of nervous!!

[patrickkeith]

Great work !This Video showed me we can lay solid wood floor onto or concrete floor

[classwarhooligan]

Rookie mistake. He forgot the first step. Make sure the wife is out of the house so she doesn’t walk in half way through the project and start telling you how you’re doing it wrong. If step one is missed, you must immediately go get a six pack and go on strike. Pro tip. Free of charge.
Citations: Life Experience Volume 1 for Dummies (1994)

[shareenladd]

Good job! May God continue to bless your business.

[janetholmes]

What kind of glue and where can you get what you are using?

[LinzseyslilPad]

Looks fantastic and the original floor wasn’t bad either

[youme]

Good work, guys! Looks fantastic👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[prashantsareen]

Thanks so much. Great video. Amateur DIYer and had been wondering how to install hardwood over concrete in my laundry room. This video helps. Doesn’t the first row need a good amount of glue across the base of the plank to hold tight?

[fortunatocostillavargas]

how the "expansion" affect the hardwood floor if you glued every wood? does only expand the edge of the hardwood floor? expand as a whole or by sections

[juansanchez]

If my kids don’t turn out exactly like you, I might have to disown them. You are the holy grail of human power and performance and the closest thing to a god I’ve seen in years of searching

[serv]

Looks nice but here is the question, you glued only tile to tile entire floor but when it comes to wall trims, why did you nail them and not just glue?

[kickzo]

How is the flooring today? Any cupping?

[vijayrana]

Would you have the brand name for the underlayment ? The one you used, looks like has plastic on one side for water barrier.

[jimask]

Great video, But at 4:16 Thats how you cut your fingers off in a Table Saw. Almost all table saw accidents happen from the Left hand helping feed wood like that, then Suprise ! You should only use your Right hand when feeding wood into a table saw. You use your right hand and apply pressure with a slight clockwise twisting pressure with your hand to feed it thru the saw, Smaller stuff use a Push stick. But putting your left hand up like that that and helping feed with the Lefty is how 90% of people cut a finger off.

[truewomenleader]

Floor looks very good, I would like to know what brand name of underlayment did you used

[SolidGold]

Do you have to level the floor if it’s concrete?

[LubaLuba]

Hi I have a laminated 5" x 47" x 7/16" plank flooring all wood, the product is called the hydropel real hardwood by Bruce. I am putting it over underlayment because even though it's not in the basement it's a concrete slab. But I worry about it sounding hollow with your experience what would you do to eliminate the hollow sound completely?

[ForgingMyLife]

Looks awesome. Thanks for that - good job!