Floating a 3/4" Solid Hardwood Floor Over Above Grade Concrete?

Specifically, I mentioned...

But, I don't have them in a basement, so if it's particularly damp I suppose it _could_ be a problem. But, in the shop I only place them in the places where I normally stand frequently, like in front of the tablesaw, bench, etc., etc. Consequently, they're easy enough to flip over and move if want one somewhere else temporarily. The particular ones I was thinking of aren't solid, either, so that the amount of moisture entrapped wouldn't be that much (again, unless it were _really_ damp). They have about a 50% or more open spacing. Does mean they collect the sawdust in the holes, but as they're not that heavy, as noted above, all it takes is flipping one over to sweep. Most of the time the shop vac w/ the floor sweep tool is enough, anyway, though.

HTH...

OBTW, they were even cheaper than the solid ones by almost the 50% factor so I gather they're basically priced on the amount of material since they're mostly an artificial rubber, they're pretty much tied to petro prices. I also have a thin, salvaged truck bed liner that I didn't want in the truck that came w/ the used truck I bought that I've tossed on the floor in front of the chopsaw bench -- it isn't nearly as comfortable as the others, but even it helps noticeably both for softer standing and not so cold in winter.

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replying to lefebvre, Kollman wrote: Hello, I know this tread is from some time ago, just curious if u ever floated ur hardwood floors and if so how did they hold up?

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replying to resrfglc, Bobby wrote: I had a floating floor twice. It floated after a heating pipe leaked. It dried out ok. Floated again after a sewer drain backed up and spilled over. I ripped the wood out after that mess.

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We've got floating (over foam layer) floors in a a few rooms in the house. Its ok, but I don't like the feel. The rest of the house has a paint on vapor barrier. They stuff I did myself is great, and feels good to walk on. The areas I hired a licensed flooring contractor to do have squeaky boards everywhere. They also used my bandsaw to trim boards and corners and broke half a dozen blades. Priddy shiddy. Several things they didn't even know how to do. I had to tell them. If I ever redo the floor in the house it will all be glued down over paint on vapor barrier and no f^&king flooring contractor is going to touch it.

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ya dude, lyke in da last fluud dem boards started floaten real gud, dun near made it down de mississippi to naw orleans, but a gator swam out and chomped off my left leg, durn near dyed, best to anchor dem suckers.

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I hope you get this question 14 years later. I'm thinking of doing exactly what you did and want to know if you ever had any issues with the floor. Thanks Dano

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