Hello all,
For some time my partner has been wanting to have wooden floors instead of carpet. I finally agreed when our 7 month old vomited on the carpet...
Anyway, Wickes have an offer on Solid Wood Flooring Oak at the moment so I thought now is the time to buy.
From my research so far I have come up with a plan to put 6mm ply down, felt underlay and then the wooden floor.
I want to put ply down to even out the floorboards. The felt to help deaden noise and apparently heat insulation too. We are in a first floor flat of a house conversion btw.
The items I am considering are:
http://www.wickes.co.uk/solid-wood-flooring-oak/invt/199905/
http://www.wickes.co.uk/fibreboard-underlay/invt/201508/
http://www.wickes.co.uk/exterior-wbp-plywood/invt/110117/
Does this sound like a good plan? I have put down T&G chipboard down in the loft but never done a "proper" floor and don't want to get this wrong.
Also, Wickes seem to advice on using clips (http://www.wickes.co.uk/fixing-clips/invt/158053/) to hold the boards together, but elsewhere on their video guides they suggestion using glue. To me glue sounds easier and more likely make a strong floor. Any thoughts on these?
While I understand that the wood itself will need a 10mm expansion gap doe the ply also need this?
One last thing. I have seem various posts about wax v oil v lacquer. These boards have a lacquer on them already. Is is best to leave this alone or put something else on top of it?
Advice, criticism please.
Best regards,
Ian
For some time my partner has been wanting to have wooden floors instead of carpet. I finally agreed when our 7 month old vomited on the carpet...
Anyway, Wickes have an offer on Solid Wood Flooring Oak at the moment so I thought now is the time to buy.
From my research so far I have come up with a plan to put 6mm ply down, felt underlay and then the wooden floor.
I want to put ply down to even out the floorboards. The felt to help deaden noise and apparently heat insulation too. We are in a first floor flat of a house conversion btw.
The items I am considering are:
http://www.wickes.co.uk/solid-wood-flooring-oak/invt/199905/
http://www.wickes.co.uk/fibreboard-underlay/invt/201508/
http://www.wickes.co.uk/exterior-wbp-plywood/invt/110117/
Does this sound like a good plan? I have put down T&G chipboard down in the loft but never done a "proper" floor and don't want to get this wrong.
Also, Wickes seem to advice on using clips (http://www.wickes.co.uk/fixing-clips/invt/158053/) to hold the boards together, but elsewhere on their video guides they suggestion using glue. To me glue sounds easier and more likely make a strong floor. Any thoughts on these?
While I understand that the wood itself will need a 10mm expansion gap doe the ply also need this?
One last thing. I have seem various posts about wax v oil v lacquer. These boards have a lacquer on them already. Is is best to leave this alone or put something else on top of it?
Advice, criticism please.
Best regards,
Ian