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False floor over slab.
How to install a false floor over a basement slab.
Moisture that comes up through the slab will ultimately find its way into your finished floor.
I don t think it is a good idea to install raw plywood directly over a slab if avoidable.
However a wooden subfloor helps insulate the flooring from the cold concrete.
A wooden subfloor will not cure moisture problems.
I am in a very cold area and i plan to insulate the office very well.
The access floor solution consists of the panels fixed directly on pedestals thus creating voids between the substrate concrete slab and the floor.
Cure the moisture problem before you install the floor.
The objects through these underfloor spaces are electrical conductors data cables piping and even air conditioning installations.
Basements without furnaces or water heaters can.
I plan to put down builders plastic sheet then lay joists directly on the slab fill the gaps with fibreglass insulation then lay yellowtongue flooring over it.
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False floor over slab.
Through raised access flooring you can free up floor.
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Fortunately a variety of flooring materials are water resistant enough to function well over a concrete slab.
The space in between the ground real floor and the raised floor is the plenum an area in which you could install electrical wiring fiber optic cables and ufad based hvac systems.
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When a concrete slab absorbs moisture it can retain it for a surprisingly long time.
A raised access floor also known as subfloors or false floors are floor panels that you would install in suspension over the actual floor or ground.
It also adds a little cushion to the hard surface of the concrete.
Plastic for vapor barrier between plywood and slab.
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Instead you should install strips of wood on the slab as nailers 2x4 s.
False floors also known as floating floors are not permanently attached to the floor or walls.
I am planning to build an office in one side of a double garage on a concrete slab.