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Hi all, and thanks in advance for any advice.
I am about to lay an engineered wood floor in the lounge, conservatory and hall. I have a couple of questions.
The lounge has a marble fireplace. Can I floor right up to it or do I need to leave an unsightly expansion gap around it? Obviously there will be an expansion gap around the edge of the room, but this will be hidden under the skirting board.
In the conservatory we have an inward opening door. The clearance isn't very big over the height of the wood. I am desperately trying to avoid having to remove the tiles that are already laid, hoping to lay a floating floor on top of them. If the 2mm underlay is too thick to allow the door to open, could I simply glue the new wood floor to the tiles? I want the answer to be yes, but I am pretty certain the answer will be no!
Finally a wider question. The total floor area I am doing is about 60m2. Most is the lounge, but there are 2 doors that run through into each end of the hall. The plan is a single floating floor throughout- in effect linking the floor in the lounge and the hall. Will I run into any expansion problems with what is a pretty big area as a single run?
I am about to lay an engineered wood floor in the lounge, conservatory and hall. I have a couple of questions.
The lounge has a marble fireplace. Can I floor right up to it or do I need to leave an unsightly expansion gap around it? Obviously there will be an expansion gap around the edge of the room, but this will be hidden under the skirting board.
In the conservatory we have an inward opening door. The clearance isn't very big over the height of the wood. I am desperately trying to avoid having to remove the tiles that are already laid, hoping to lay a floating floor on top of them. If the 2mm underlay is too thick to allow the door to open, could I simply glue the new wood floor to the tiles? I want the answer to be yes, but I am pretty certain the answer will be no!
Finally a wider question. The total floor area I am doing is about 60m2. Most is the lounge, but there are 2 doors that run through into each end of the hall. The plan is a single floating floor throughout- in effect linking the floor in the lounge and the hall. Will I run into any expansion problems with what is a pretty big area as a single run?