Laying 18mm Oak Floor on concrete floor

Mike P3

The concrete floor at present is over laid with vinyl tiles.The flooring supplier states I should remove all the vinyl tiles and glue the floor directly to the concrete, the vinyl tiles are sound and free from damp is there any reason why the wood floor should not be laid directly onto the vinyl tiles

Softus

Mike P3 wrote:

The concrete floor at present is over laid with vinyl tiles.The flooring supplier states I should remove all the vinyl tiles and glue the floor directly to the concrete, the vinyl tiles are sound and free from damp is there any reason why the wood floor should not be laid directly onto the vinyl tiles

The first reason that comes to mind is that the manufacturer recommends you don't do it.

Personally, I would call them and ask why, if the tiles are sound, they have to be taken up.

FMC · Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 6:50 pm Post Subject:

I would just lay batons ontop of the tiles and then put your flooring on that.Its what i ended up doing as there was no sign of damp.

gcol · Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 8:34 pm Post Subject:

I would have thought that it was a no no to lay flooring directly onto concrete. You have to lay a membrane under laminate flooring - I would have thought the same would apply to solid wood flooring too.

Softus · Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 8:45 pm Post Subject:

gcol wrote:

I would have thought that it was a no no to lay flooring directly onto concrete. You have to lay a membrane under laminate flooring - I would have thought the same would apply to solid wood flooring too.

Laminate flooring is designed to float on the substrate. I believe this is at least part of the purpose of the membrane.

popey · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 6:09 am Post Subject:

gcol wrote:

I would have thought that it was a no no to lay flooring directly onto concrete. You have to lay a membrane under laminate flooring - I would have thought the same would apply to solid wood flooring too.

You can glue hardwood flooring directly to concrete if there is no sign of any moisture, however on most concrete, including anything that been laid less than a couple of years we apply a coat of epoxy resin first to act as a moisture barrier.

WoodYouLike · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 10:27 am Post Subject:

We normally recommend that with vinyl tiles you leave them where they are (because removing them normally ends up with damaged screed/concrete floor). Install the new floor floating and use a combination of DPM and sound-insulation underlayment. (Dpm to prevent 'sweating' of the vinyl tiles reaching the new floor)

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