What you should know: Bamboo flooring may be nailed or glued down over wood sub-floors or glued directly to concrete sub-floors on, above, or below grade (i.e. basements). All planked flooring should be installed perpendicular to your flooring joist. Nail down installation is most commonly used over wood sub-floors. A bamboo floor can be glued directly to concrete sub-floors on or above grade.
The flooring may be floated within certain dimensional limitations (not to exceed 16 inches in width without an expansion gap for solid bamboo construction) and with a proper moisture barrier. Ask your bamboo floor wholesale supplier or manufacturer for recommendations on installation. The nail down application is best suited for installation over an existing hardwood surface. Nailing your bamboo floor is relatively quick and easy. Depending on your bamboo flooring installation professional, nail down installation can be less expensive than glue installation. If you are installing your own bamboo floor, renting equipment is costly.
Read below for more information on nail down installation. Note: If you are installing Radiant Heat bamboo floors, you should not use nails. Glue down is a safe and comprehensive installation method. Gluing directly to a concrete slab may be done at or above grade. Do not use glue to install below grade. Always check with your bamboo flooring supplier, but in general gluing down your floor is almost always an acceptable and secure process for installing bamboo floors. Note: Glue is so secure that once it if fully installed it is very difficult to uninstall.
Read below for more details on gluing down bamboo flooring. Floating a bamboo floor is also relatively easy. Floating a floor simply means the tongue and groove are linked together and that is the only way that the floor is held together. This type of installation is only recommended for engineered and radiant heat flooring.
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