How-To Install DRIcore Subfloor

hi I'm Manny I'm here with drye going to talk about the installation of drye subfloor as you know poured concrete is cold hard damp and generally uninviting concrete is porous and will release moisture dry core subfloor is the all-in-one engineered subfloor system with a raise integrated moisture barrier designed to protect insulate and cushion finish floors installed over concrete and besides it's a cheap insurance for your finished flooring investment dry course subf Flor is made by combining OSB with high density plastic can be used in basement slabs on grade or any concrete surface has an R value of 1.7 which raises the temperature of finished flooring by up to 3.2 de C or 6° F quick to install and easy to transport convenient size nominal 2x two and it's 7/8 of an inch high panels weigh look at this 7 lb which is hardly anything install any finished flooring material over Drive core subfloor including carpet laminate vinyl wood ceramic tile strong enough to stand up to heavy Home Furnishing like home gym equipments pianos pool tables Etc enough talk let's put some flooring down tools required you're going to need a pencil tape measure Hammer tapping block circular saw Jake saw full bar Carpenter square and a 6ot level to calculate how many panels you need we're going to first calculate the square footage of their area length and width and we're going to divide that by 3.3 that also factors in cuts and waste establish a clean work area by picking up any debris and by thoroughly sweeping the concrete floor you got to inspect the concrete for any gaps cracks holes or unevenness dry core leveling shims have been designed for use with the dry core system for areas where the concrete floor is uneven high or low spots in the concrete that cannot be overcome by leveling shims may be resolved by using a concrete leveling compound you got to plan your layout you got to measure the width of the room and you got to factor in any obstacles like poles or cabinets when planning the layout remember the surface area of dry core is 23 and 1/4 in by 23 and 1/4 in to get started you will install a/ Quin spacer on the starting two walls if possible use a full panel to begin with the tongue going towards the wall it may be necessary to cut the first panel to ensure that you will be left with a minimum of a 3-in piece along the perimeter walls in the room so after the first panel we're going to take the second panel press fitting the tongue of the second panel into the groove of the first panel and then I'm going to tap it in our tapping block look at that no gluing no nailing no taping of the seams since I was lucky enough to start with the first roll on a full panel my second roll is going to be half a panel we want to stagger the seams for stability repeat until each row is complete check each completed Row for even level in and use leveling squares as required keep in mind that dry core is a floating floor and will always have some upward and downward movement leveling ships can be stacked up to four high recommendation is to unders shim versus over shim cut the last panel of each roll to fit into place allowing for a/ qu inch Gap use a pull bar to pull the last panel into place when you reach the last row and the last panel it may become necessary to cut the panel or panels to fit dry course subfloor

Channel: The Home Depot Canada Pro Channel

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Keywords: DRIcore Subfloor

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Length: 3min 44sec (224 seconds)

Published: Wed Nov 16 2016