Hello everyone, hope you can help.
I've taken the old boards up in our top floor flat and have levelled the joists with furring strips (there had been subsidence previously which has now been underpinned).
I have now nailed long strips of dense rubber onto the tops of all the joists and was wondering if i can now float my new t&g 18mm solid oak boards on top of these rubber strips. Also can i nail the t&g diagonally together or should i glue? A floor installer told me that the floor will be subject to movement if its not attached directly to the joists and that he wouldn't recommend floating it.
Hope you can help and appreciate the advise.
I've taken the old boards up in our top floor flat and have levelled the joists with furring strips (there had been subsidence previously which has now been underpinned).
I have now nailed long strips of dense rubber onto the tops of all the joists and was wondering if i can now float my new t&g 18mm solid oak boards on top of these rubber strips. Also can i nail the t&g diagonally together or should i glue? A floor installer told me that the floor will be subject to movement if its not attached directly to the joists and that he wouldn't recommend floating it.
Hope you can help and appreciate the advise.