When installing a hardwood floor or a floating dance floor also known as an elevated or a sprung dance floor your subfloor needs to be plywood or oriented strand board osb atop concrete.
Diy sprung wood floor.
Start with your concrete.
Sprung wood dance floor.
You could use plastic for this but tar paper is recommended as it is much easier to work with.
Pine 1x4 floor stained with dark walnut by minwax easy to lay down yourself and looks beautiful.
I ve been involved in traditional american dancing for over 30 years and have thoroughly enjoyed dancing on historic sprung wood floors that actually have some give when dancing.
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Tips and tutorials to lay down a pine floor for under 300 wood working do it yourself.
It is important to put something between the concrete base that is already in place and the floor above to prevent moisture from getting underneath.
If the concrete in your existing floor has sustained any damage you should pour new concrete.
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