Dear woodlikeyou, thank you for your reply you suggestion of installing it floating over a DPM underlay seems to be the one that will create the least amount of trouble and mess. I have never installed an oak floor floating I have always gl...
You seem to be the most knowledgeable person on here please could you look at my post and try to help me http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=165167 Thank you
See here: http://faq.woodyoulike.co.uk/2007/01/how_to_lay_a_wo.html and here http://faq.woodyoulike.co.uk/2007/07/correct-way-of-.html for starters. If you need more info, feel free to email us
Ballie, re your bitumen problem - you're better off asking mattysupra about this, he's the underfloor specialist. We would install the oak floor floating on combi-underlayment, that's one way of tackling the bitumen problem