talk to the people you purchase your wood from,in my area (west coast,high desert) we would never glue down a solid wood floor.no problem on an engineered floor or a floating floor,but NEVER a solid....(we concider the bambo a solid)..the glue should always be the one from the mgf...you can do a moisture test by duct taping a 2' x 2' sheet of plastic to your slab,leave it for 24/48 hrs and look for water drops on the plastic...no water no problem......good luck

Thanks for responding so quickly. The stores down here state that the Bamboo floors are engineered with 100% bamboo. Does that make it different from engineered oak?
I have an installer coming out Sturday and he has a moisture meter that will give you instant results from many different locations on the concrete. It does not have to sit for hours. He told me that this is the best way to do it because you can get an ideal of the whole area rather than just a few points. I am confused because another guy told me that you really need to do this calcium chloride moisture test made by taylor. What is your take on this? Since I am in florida would you still not recommend gluing down solid (bamboo - engineered)?

Thanks for you help!

don't worry about the moisture test,your guy sounds like he knows what he's doing....re the wood call the mfg and ask if it can be glued down,bamboo is not engineered the same as regular engineered hardwood,and i was told you should treat it as a solid(no glue down)it's been out a little while now so the mgf.will know if it can be glued....good luck

So Your asking if its ok to glue down a solid? well I would do the moisture test. then, i would get some Bostic's Best . I would use Qaurter Round "Not Shoe Moulding"

And if possible i would leave the base boards off for now. Cut back the wood as much as possible and then install it.

Make sure they use miter cuts on the quarter round "looks Much nicer".

also they should do a Extremely Good Job on the prep! removing all the paint from the floor"lil water works great for this".

This way the floor will stick to the concrete really good. level all the lows and high's. Then your ready to install.

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