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# I'm thirding this epoxy DPM then adhesive is the only way that i would fit a wood floor in this situation. I should know a thing or two about wood flooring to! Your ply way would be more work for the same/bigger cost. The ply would need plugging and screwing down to the concrete so...

Sorry to hear of your experience with online retailers. Being in the wood flooring trade I know I can cut the costs of flooring right down but there comes a point where i don't see value in a cheep floor so would not recommend it to a customer. Your now left in the position where the...

I'f you must put oak in the bathroom go with an unfinished engineered board not a solid. Engineered boards are much more stable and finishing the wood on site ensures a much better water proof barrier. A Square edged engineered board is the best option as after a sand and seal the finish is...

The flexible adhesive that needs to be used is very expensive compared to the price of secret nailing. This is the best solution to your problem and i have used it many times in residential flats http://www.sika.com.au/cmc/Datasheets/tds/SikaAcouBondSystem_tds.pdf Of course hiring a wood...

Try all your local hire shops and they will show you how to use it. Sorry i can't help more i have my own and even a back up so never hired one!

The floor should cost about £300 is probably a touch over to refinish. The hall sounds a bit of a pain though. Don't know what is happening in the front bedroom, i would have thought that the bitumen would have stopped smelling after so long.

Can you find out what products were used by the floor re-finishers (each stage, so stain then lacquer)? Wood floors naturally expand and contract with the changes of humidity levels in the house. In summer the humidity is high and the wood will naturally expand, when the heating is turned on...

With out doubt its worth it, here are some pictures of a restoration job i have done on plain pine parquet; http://hmcflooring.com/portfolios/mr-mrs-bartholomew/ The floor was stained with an Osmo stain and then finished with Osmo hard wax oil. It will last longer than a carpet and look...

But he has no experience with wood flooring. The moisture level should have been checked before the screed went down. The floor is and always has been damp. The screed will never dry. He should have known this at the start and had a DPM with him. He would turn up to site with his own...

Sadly floor sanding is the kind of trade that anyone who can hire a sander thinks that they can do. Your parquet floor can look brand new with a professional refinish but i will be amazed if you will ever achieve such a finish with hire equipment on your first attempt. The advise is good...

There are no short cuts for large areas of parquet flooring that are loose. Its worth baring in mind how expensive a parquet floor would be to fit now, over £100 a square meter as you fix your parquet floor tough. http://hmcflooring.com/products/parquet/