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Originally Posted by EdVinMass
I’m a bit confused by all the posts here claiming the installation of real hardwood floors. My understanding is that real hardwood flooring is problematic for the average home in Florida.
First of all, hardwood flooring is normally designed to be nailed into the plywood sub-flooring that is the norm up north in homes with basements. So to overcome that, a typical Florida home with a slab foundation needs a ¾” plywood subfloor installed first. This introduces installation issues in an existing home in order to allow molding and doors to have sufficient clearance once the hardwood is added on top of the plywood base. That adds significantly to the cost of the installation.
Secondly, is the moisture issue in humid Florida. To overcome this, several layers of moisture barring products must be sandwiched between the cement slab, and the sub-floor adding additional cost.
Would any of you care to explain how your hardwood floors were installed here in TV?
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The hard wood floors you describe we had in all our earlier homes in Vermont, with basements.
My question: What is a floating wood floor?
WE have a room in Vermont that is on a cement slab.........our carpenter told us that he could install "floating wood floors" right on the cement?
Would that be laminate floor? That would be a layer of wood over some man made composite board beneath it????? I'd also like to hear how they put the wood floors onto the cement in Florida.
This particular room is the cellar, so no basement below it.....it's a daylight basement....half in the ground.......due to sloping of the hilly property. It's presently carpeted.