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Originally Posted by rnln
looneybin, JavaBrewer,
So the vapor barier is applied before glue? I am guessing that applying the vapor barrier first, wait for it to dry then glue and wood pieces?
Milt, RWebb, Scuba Steve
I thought only Laminate can be floating and have a layer (underlayment? or whatever it's called) in between. Engineer wood needs to nail/glue down to the concrete. If you have a layer of vinyl between concrete and wood pieces, and vinyl is not glueing to concrete or not glue to wood pieces, then it's floating then?
I am confused. I visit 3 stores and they all told me same story, which are different from what you guys do (diff from my brother too). It seem like each person is doing his own way? BTW, labor cost include material for laminate is around $1.75, and around $2.10 for engineer. How does that sound? I think if I negotiate, it can be a little less.
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The Bostik glue works as a moisture barrier but if your slab has a moisture problem then you would need to seek out a specialty product. Some flooring centers insist their wood installers glue down a cheap vinyl floor over the clean slab and then glue the wood to the vinyl. However I have seen a few instances in that install where the vinyl floor glue let go in small patches and the floor would depress slightly when stepped on - annoying.
I think a glue down wood floor install goes for $3.00 in my parts but that does not include floor prep/demo.