Preparing for installation 1.
Floating second floor.
Try laminate instead of wood.
Laminate is a great choice for second story rooms because it is not as noisy as hardwood.
With the addition of glazes or polish your concrete floor can fit your minimalist personality or your classic traditional style.
Floating floors have become increasingly popular for many types of floor coverings.
If a support post runs from the second floor through the first floor into a home with a crawl space and is isolated from the first floor then the foundation or pad that the post sits on may have settled or shifted.
If your subfloor is concrete cover it with a wood or engineered wood subfloor first.
In this method individual planks or in some cases tiles interlock edge to edge to form a single mat like surface that simply rests on the underlayment.
Cracked supporting beam carrying second floor.
Evaluate the space where you plan to install the floating flooring.
Connect the edges unroll any required underlayment and moisture barrier in long strips joining each row with.
Before you go about laying down your floating.
However with proper planning and access to quality materials your second story can be fitted with a modern polished concrete floor.
Laying down your floating.