Z Best - Install

New Floor Installation

(click each image to enlarge)

There are as many different method of installation as there are floor types.

First we need to find out what kind of floor you like. To answer this question you may employ and consider the following:

Existing substrate is the area the floor is going to be laid over is a raised foundation or slab. Is it above grade or below, close proximity to ocean, humid or wet areas, indoor or outdoors..?Existing wood floors. Some applications are a given if there are existing floor to be matched, most solid floors are still in production by the big mills and if not. A solid floor can always be manufactured.Use of floor. Is it for commercial, residential, dance studio, stage or night club?Budget. There are different floor types and different grade for the same purpose to meet any check book.
Style. Colors and design may vary the type of floor needed

After the proper floor has been chosen for the area, the method of installation will vary upon the use, budget and material limitations.

(click each image to enlarge)

Installation of Solid Floors

Over Concrete
Concrete floors could be laminated with plywood and once plywood is applied the installation method become as over wood raised foundation. However, if budget, job site conditions and/or other factors are called for a direct glue down of solid over concrete it can also be done keeping all the next in tune:

Concrete must be dry for at list 60 days (due to the fact that as concrete as cures it omits water and this water may be transferred to the solid wood floor)installation over partially cured or green concrete may be proven disastorous.Concrete needs to be sealed. We recommend Deco-Rez or other epoxy resin type materials.Short length stock and parquet floor are the contractor's and industry's recommendation as floors are almost never level or we always find highs and lows in concrete floors a short stock can handle this imperfections better then long stock the other reason for short stock is stress when wood is glued to concrete they are in a constant temperature and humidity variants this may effect the bonding and a longer board may delaminate in a higher rate then a short one.
Basements or below grade. A solid floor is not recommended to be glued directly over concrete.

In order to keep wood from the dangers of direct glueing to concrete, laminating the floor with plywood may be the way to proceed there are three methods of plywood laminations:

A "floating floor." An 1/8" pad is laid over the concrete and two layers of 1/2" plywood naild to each other and are just resting upon the pad forms the deck upon the solid floors can be nailed down.Sleepers or channels arebe laid under luan, mahogany, or under 5/8" CDX plywood which then becomes the deck for the hardwood floor.
Glue and ramset nail plywood directly to the concrete.

(click each image to enlarge)

Over Wood, or Over an Installed Deck
Plywood must be dry (in the procces of plywood manufacturing the peeled plys are left out in a yard where they are constantly kept watered to increase moisture content and elasticity). This moisture in plywood may increse time of acclamation and may harm finished floors which are killned and dry. plywood then must be purchased from a flooring suppliers who keep plywood both flat and dry. Some contractors cover the plywood floors with plastic and some prefer 15# felt and some do both at this time solid floor can be nailed. If the floor is wider then 3-1/4" we recommend glue and nail.

Call us today for to schedule an onsite estimate: 800-503-0066.

hardwood, hard, wood, floor, install, repair, refinish, testimonial, referral, los angeles, soutnern california, california, san fernando valley, san gabriel valley, south bay, commercial, residential, contractor, subcontractor, homeowner, concrete, livingroom, bedroom, den, family, plywood, flooring, oak, Ash, Maple, Beech, Birch, Douglas Fir, Elm, Gum, Hemlock, Ipe, Jarrah, Magnolia, Mahogany, Mangeo, Merbau, Walnut, Padauk, PangaPanga, Pine, Purpleheart, Rosewood, Cedar, Teak, Wenge, Cherry-American, Brazilian, cherry, zbest, z-best, z best, mechanical, chemical, buff, buffing, stain, bleach, poly, laquer, polish, aluminum oxide, impregnated finish, water base, urethanes, oil base, polyurethane, wax, moisture cure, Hardwood, Installation, Refinish, Repair, Stain, Whitewash, Bleach, White Wash, Hard Wood, Floors, Flooring, Oak, Maple, Cherry, Douglas Fir, Solid, Prefinished, Unfinished, Bona, Pergo, Exotic Wood, Softwood, Pine, Birch, Beech, Ash, Soft Maple, Hard Maple, Bird's Eye Maple, Polyurethane, Lacquer, Finish, boards, specials, discount wood, red oak, white oak, select oak, common, select, extra, grade, subfloor, los angeles, southern california, california, oxnard, pasadena, malibu, santa monica, ca, san bernadino, san clemente, orange county, los angeles county, san bernadino county, san gabriel county, long beach, san fernando valley, encino, sherman oaks, bel air, beverly hills, huntington beach, newport beach, thousand oaks, moisture barrier, anti fracture membrane, water proofing, sound barier, radon barier, underlayment, concrete, subfloor, floating floor, athletic courts refinishing, basketball court, rider sanding machine, sport floor maintenance, sport floor installations, game line, Gym floors, sport floors, athletic floors, performance floors, gym installations, maple gym floors, gym floors refinishing, striping