If your subfloor is concrete cover it with a wood or engineered wood subfloor first.
Floating second floor.
Preparing for installation 1.
Pouring a concrete floor especially on the second story is no job for a newbie.
Laminate is a great choice for second story rooms because it is not as noisy as hardwood.
Laying down your floating.
Floating floors have become increasingly popular for many types of floor coverings.
Try laminate instead of wood.
Before you go about laying down your floating.
The term floating floor does not refer to a type of flooring material but rather to a method of installation that can be used with a variety of materials including laminates engineered hardwood and luxury vinyl flooring.
With the addition of glazes or polish your concrete floor can fit your minimalist personality or your classic traditional style.
Connect the edges unroll any required underlayment and moisture barrier in long strips joining each row with.
In this method individual planks or in some cases tiles interlock edge to edge to form a single mat like surface that simply rests on the underlayment.
If a support post runs from the second floor through the first floor into a home with a crawl space and is isolated from the first floor then the foundation or pad that the post sits on may have settled or shifted.
However with proper planning and access to quality materials your second story can be fitted with a modern polished concrete floor.