I want to install some prefinished ash hardwood floor in my office over a concrete slab. It is solid wood 9/16″ thick tongue and groove. It is not the interlocking floating floor kind which I have never used. The only way I know how to do this is to glue and nail down 3/4 CDX first and then nail the hardwood to the cdx. But my question – is there a way to do this without the cdx? Like glueing it all down somehow? Any ideas are appreciated. thanks
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Can you get it in 3/8" engineered? I've glued down 5/16" solid, but not on concrete. I think that solid 9'16" is a bad candidate for glue down because once it gets moisture from the slab, it's going to rip the glue right off as it warps and cups.