Solid Hardwood, Engineered and Laminate Flooring - gycrete

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sambadancer
11-15-05, 09:05 PM
Hi

I am planning to install engineering wood floor in my second floor condo. My subfloor looks like concrete. However, I am not sure if it is gycrete. I saw a couple of post saying that glue-down is not option of gycrete floor. Why is that? How can I figure out if my subfloor is gycrete? Now if my subfloor is not gycrete, do you think float or glue is better? Based on a couple of post, it seems like floating causes a lot of noise problems. Thanks.

Carpets Done Wright
11-16-05, 01:43 PM
Gypcrete is bad mojo! I suggest a floating floor only, and pray your downstairs neighbors love you a lot!!


Gypcrete will be easy to scratch the surface. It will seam dusty. It may be cracked up severely, as it is pumped with a lot of water and as it dehydrates it cracks out everywhere.


You can cap it with ARDEX GS-4, or...
You can bust all the gypcrete out and replace it with plywood, if your condo association allows it.