Check with the manufacturer of your engineered wood to ensure that it s viable with the process.
Hardwood floor glue for concrete.
That being said all wood flooring is a natural product and will move with varying moisture and humidity levels and solid wood flooring will move more than engineered because it is not stabilized by alternating directional layers.
Be advised that over strapping can adversely affect the floor and may result in glue bond failure seam peaking twisted boards or out of square floor board alignment.
As a result it will reduce moisture vapor transmission through concrete.
In most instances hardwood flooring is never glued directly to concrete.
Get moisture protection and a wood floor adhesive in one bostik s best urethane glue has very low moisture vapor permeability and is not adversely affected by moisture vapor.
Yes you can and i glue together and install tongue and groove white oak flooring into panels and glue those sections onto the concrete floor in my shop u.
Typically solid flooring used for glue down installations is quartersawn to produce the most stable board possible.
However advancements in engineered flooring have made above grade wood to concrete adhesion possible if certain conditions are met.
Some engineered wood flooring products are designed for a glue down application when installing flooring over a concrete slab.