What type of flooring can be laid over a cement floor?
Want to have a hardwood flooring? Even if your home was built with a concrete floor, you can still enjoy the beauty and charm of hardwood floors. You can have it just the way you want it because most hardwood flooring can be laid over a cement floor.
Types of wood flooring
If you want your home to have that rich colour and warm feeling that only a hardwood flooring can give, you can have it. Here are the lists of flooring that you can consider installing:
- Solid wood
- Parquetry flooring
- Bamboo flooring
- Cork flooring
- Wooden Inlays
Having a cement floor base
Relax. You can still install hardwood flooring of your own choice. Did you know that some homeowners are having a cement floor first as the base of their flooring before they laid it with another flooring? Having a cement floor base can present you with a number of unique challenges.
With dry concrete as your base flooring, you can protect your hardwood flooring against very wet conditions. Remember, cement flooring can withstand conditions like this making them just the right flooring base. With the right sub floor, solid hardwood floors can be installed. However, for cement flooring, they must be totally dry before installing hardwood flooring.
Test it for dryness first
You are excited to install a flooring of your choice over your cement floor, but here’s the catch – especially for new cement floor: test it for moisture first. The new cement floor is heavy with moisture. This is an important part of quality control in the flooring installation process. Should you do the test, make sure you do it 30 days after you install your cement floors.
To ensure that you achieve excellent results, let the professionals do it. They know what to do. Contact one to get that amazing, gorgeous look for your home that only a solid wood floor can give.
Got a cement floor – you can still make it beautiful with wooden flooring over the top
For professional advice, contact D.I.Y Parquetry, Timber & Cork Flooring. We can give you advice on what to do with your cement floor and even give you recommendations. We also offer full installation services for cork, parquetry, bamboo and timber flooring. Ring us now on 0409 081 679 to get your free measure and quote.