Hey everyone.
I hope someone can give me some good advice before I start to lay my flooring down in a high rise condo.
I live on the second floor of an older condo building. The flooring in the apartment is ~1" thick concrete over a steel plate. Being an older building, it was easier to just try and match the existing height of the flooring, 1" above the concrete slab. That being said, after talking to the flooring reps at the store, they said I could lay 1/2" ply down and either glue or nail the flooring.
I'm planning on laying down Brazilian Cherry flooring, 3" wide x 3/8 thick.
My questions are as follows:
1.) Do I need to be worried about moisture content from the concrete slab, since I'm above grade? I cannot seem to find any information regarding this on the net.
2.) I'd prefer a nailed floor, over a glued floor. That being said, which is better nails or staples? Do I need to be concerned about the nails or staples... bouncing off the concrete?
I hope someone can give me some good advice before I start to lay my flooring down in a high rise condo.
I live on the second floor of an older condo building. The flooring in the apartment is ~1" thick concrete over a steel plate. Being an older building, it was easier to just try and match the existing height of the flooring, 1" above the concrete slab. That being said, after talking to the flooring reps at the store, they said I could lay 1/2" ply down and either glue or nail the flooring.
I'm planning on laying down Brazilian Cherry flooring, 3" wide x 3/8 thick.
My questions are as follows:
1.) Do I need to be worried about moisture content from the concrete slab, since I'm above grade? I cannot seem to find any information regarding this on the net.
2.) I'd prefer a nailed floor, over a glued floor. That being said, which is better nails or staples? Do I need to be concerned about the nails or staples... bouncing off the concrete?