How to Glue Down a Hardwood Floor During Installation- Urban Floor

Ron Call, our "Urbanfloor Guy" and a veteran flooring contractor shows you and offers a general explanation on how to spread and use glue during the installation process of your hardwood floors.

[@JoeyJ1230]

Finally a professional that seems professional. Best video I can find before I begin my first hardwood installation. Thanks!

[@1533ramsay]

Best video on u tube for glue down hardwood flooring. Thx.

[@dfernand101]

A brilliant video, Americans (Canadians ?) do it with professionalism yet again.

[@ronaldcall]

I'm American, thank you very much...

[@evilbean2]

Thank you! This is an excellent, professional and extremely helpful video.

[@MydiTy]

Nice Video, Ready to install my floor!

[@humbertosrperez]

Awesome

[@peters4995]

7) Maintaining proper expansion is a lot more difficult than it seems 8) There are always surprises during an installation 9) There will be defects and imperfections in material 10) Most people don't have the tools necessary 11) Most people shouldn't be using said tools (table saw, mitre saw) The materials are often more expensive than floating floor systems and I wouldn't recommend anyone but established pro's who are comfortable with glue-down, installing it. 16 years pro experience.

[@showerhead2]

Hi thanks for a great video. I am installing (gluing and nailing) a solid tongue and groove timber floor to an older timber floor sub floor - this is pretty straight forward - one room however has a small section (about 1/4 of the total area) has a suspended concrete slab, which is flush with the old timber floor I am nailing to. Can I use this method to the boards to the concrete. And if so should I lay/glue along (with) the leading edge and the have a transition before continue the timber over timber installation or could I try laying the new timber perpendicular such that a board crosses both substrates but uses different glue?

[@showerhead2]

***** Hi thanks for your reply and helpful information. I had thought of putting down a subfloor over the concrete which as you point out would create a small step. But I have seen some videos where solid strips are laid directly to concrete using a mastic or some sort of flexible adhesive and as this is relatively a small area I wondered if it would be worth risking to maintain a level floor my flooring is 65x21mm so I also wonder if narrow is less risky than wider boards

[@omaruradelrio2761]

Me gustaría que fuera en español la presentación gracias

[@jennyke8080]

What is the price for 'Urban Four'? Thanks.

[@peters4995]

1) The sub-floor needs to be almost perfectly level 2) The proper amount of glue needs to be used 3) Moisture levels should be checked 4) Proper understanding of flooring layout and room dimensions which require precise measurements 5) Maintaining a proper stagger 6) Knowing how to keep the floor clean and damage free while (in many cases) inevitably having to walk and work on it Glue down flooring can be difficult even for seasoned professionals.

[@sgoody334]

I used to always do a good size section but I did it in reverse. I would glue my way back to my starting point, Allow the glue to set a small amount so the flooring doesn’t slide or create a huge mess that gets on everything ( like vct) then work my way out. Always staggered joints to whatever look was required and went from there. Problem I see a lot is the guts are using way!! To much glue then the entire floor needs to be cleaned or can’t be cleaned.

[@ROBCARMOL]

do i need to let the glue dry for about --- minutes?

[@Calpwm]

Mix the boxes of materials. From the end result it does not look like all the boxes were mixed. My two cents.

[@c.a.g.3130]

Good catch.

[@TheArgonaut54]

This is laminated flooring, not hardwood .

[@shannanschisler8485]

I made it myself thanks to woodprix website.

[@gratefuldude941]

Funny, I didn't see any hard wood flooring that entire video.

[@krushman2108]

Can anybody who isn’t a spokesperson/salesperson from Elastilon provide the following questions: Does it really save up to 70% on install time? Once installed when walked on does it have a drumming sound like laminate floating floors? Can you see gaps after time? Is it worth getting?

[@antonshkabara3090]

I've heard good feedback about the Woodglut plans.

[@vanhoutte2000]

I wouldn't recommend the "blue tape". If you read the label on the inside of the row it actually say not to use it on finished wood products.

[@ronaldcall]

Just remove the tape an soon as the glue dries and you will be fine.