Hi , I need a little advise as to how to lay reclaimed oak tongue and grooved parquet blocks, approx 9"x3".They still have the bitumen on the back having been recently taken up from a school.
Is it absolutely necessary to remove the bitumen from the back of the block or can the loose bits be removed and some sort of special adhesive used that will bond sufficiently with the bitumen and the concrete floor that it is to be layed onto?
did read somewhere about using kerosene to remove the bitumen, but i don tthink it would be practical to do so dur to the tim einvolved in soaking approx 1m2 at a time overnight, ( all we really have the facility to do) as its about 130m2 worth of flooring that needs to go down.
any advise would be greatly appreciated.
thanks
S.
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just another thought, think i read somewhere that this can be laid in a floating method, just applying the glue to the grooves ( as in tongue and grooves) as you go. With a foam underlay to help smooth out any discrepencies from the bitumen.. any thoughts on this method? coul dthis be more practical due to the bitumen backing..
thanks.
S.
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Is it absolutely necessary to remove the bitumen from the back of the block or can the loose bits be removed and some sort of special adhesive used that will bond sufficiently with the bitumen and the concrete floor that it is to be layed onto?
did read somewhere about using kerosene to remove the bitumen, but i don tthink it would be practical to do so dur to the tim einvolved in soaking approx 1m2 at a time overnight, ( all we really have the facility to do) as its about 130m2 worth of flooring that needs to go down.
any advise would be greatly appreciated.
thanks
S.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
just another thought, think i read somewhere that this can be laid in a floating method, just applying the glue to the grooves ( as in tongue and grooves) as you go. With a foam underlay to help smooth out any discrepencies from the bitumen.. any thoughts on this method? coul dthis be more practical due to the bitumen backing..
thanks.
S.
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