solid oak flooring

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    Porta Nailer Cleat Size for flooring (Ed.)

    Hi All, I need some advice on the correct size cleats to use on my recent purchase of a Porta-Nailer? This is the model here. https://www.nailfastonline.co.uk/00083/Hardwood-Flooring-Nailers-and-Staplers/PortaNailer-402-Flooring-Nailing-Kit-T-Form- I am laying 18mm solid oak boards from...
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    fitting a solid oak floor in Home office

    Hi all further to my previous post https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/tongue-and-groove-solid-oak-flooring-in-summerhouse.616719/#post-5573124 I now find myself in planning to fit solid oak planks approx 120mm wide 18mm thick. Due to the glue in the T&G the only viable way was to cut off the...
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    Floating a Solid Oak Floor with No Glue

    Hi there, We have already bought our 18mm thick tongue and groove Solid Oak Flooring, that is pre oiled. It's also very heavy and weighs approx 700kg across 50 sq metres. It is currently being acclimatised for 7 days. The concrete sub floor has has been self levelled and is mostly very level...
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    What size Plywood Overlay?

    Hi, all I was thinking of putting down solid oak Parquet flooring. I currently have particle board subfloor. I know I need to put overlay the floor first. My question is could I use 3.5mm - 5.5mm Plywood sheets screwed down to the particular board. or do I have to use 6mm. Also what type would I...
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    new solid oak floor laid, what next... sanding etc

    Wonder in you chaps could offer some advice please. I've recently laid a solid oak floor, 6" plank width. Most of the planks are level, but there are the odd one or two that are a mm higher than the previous one. What grade would I start with, to level these discrepancies? Is there a...
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    Self-adhesive Underlay OR tongue and groove glue. or neither?

    Hi, thanks in advance for your help and advice, I am planning to lay solid oak floor boards in our hallway and lounge (floorboards= 175mm wide and 1200mm long, 16mm thick), and I need to lay them as a floating floor. The pack information says "this flooring can only be floated using a self...
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