DRIcore Subfloor Installation - How To
This DIY video tutorial will show how to install DRIcore floating subfloor. I installed this over my concrete basement floor. This only took a full a day to install and was pretty simple. This subfloor has a grooved bottom that allows air to circulate. This will help to prevent mold and moisture build up under the flooring. Most finished flooring types can be installed over this. It has an R-value of 1.4 so it will help insulate the room and make the floor a little softer. I'm installing this hoping that it will help my basement room not feel like a basement room. It is important to note that the panels are 23.25" x 23.25" and not 2'x2' like they advertise. This can mess you up when calculating how many panels you need.
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hi，thanks for you video! I didn't see you put nails ,will the subfloor float up when it's getting wet or the the temperature change because of the AC or heat???
@therenodummy
8 ай бұрын
It's a floating subfloor so it's not nailed down. It's been through a winter and 2 summers without shifting or moving. That room is cooled and heated.
@xiaoliyang-pk8tv
8 ай бұрын
is it the plywood that I can nail solid hardwood on it? @@therenodummy
@therenodummy
8 ай бұрын
You have to add 3/8" plywood to the top of the dricore if you're using nail down flooring like hardwoods. You can't glue or nail any type of flooring directly to the dricore
@xiaoliyang-pk8tv
8 ай бұрын
Oh, sorry for the misunderstanding because of my poor english, I thought DRIcore is one kind of plywood. here it is, I bought maple solid hardwood now, I wanna to install it on both floors，upstair is easy, just nail down, but downstair is a concrete floor ，I don't know what 's the best way to install it , I prefer nail better than glue . firstly roll a layer of waterproof paint，--------->moisture-proof paper------------>plywood-----------> tar paper----------->naild down the solid hardwood. my question is: can I put the plywood on the moisture-proof paper directly without nail or glue it? because if I nail it , it will damage the concrete floor & waterproof paint& moisture-proof paper, the waterproof function will get damaged. if I don't nail it ,is it stable enough？？will it be bulging when the room temperature change ? Thank you teacher@@therenodummy
@therenodummy
8 ай бұрын
You'll have to secure the hardwood to the plywood subfloor. And the plywood should be secured to the concrete floor. I don't know if you'll be able to get around doing that. But I'm not a flooring expert either...
Did you have to secure to the cement with some tapcons as well?
@therenodummy
Жыл бұрын
No it's meant to be a floating subfloor
@rawcircoking
9 ай бұрын
What happens if you need to remove it??
@therenodummy
9 ай бұрын
Since it's floating, I could just pull up my finished floor and then pull up the subfloor. Do the opposite of installing.
@rawcircoking
9 ай бұрын
But is that without damaging other tiles? By tiles I mean the dricore ones
@rawcircoking
9 ай бұрын
@therenodummy had a small water problem and need to remove a couple without damaging the other ones