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Hi, There could be two things that are causing the bounce. The first is that the floor is uneven and there should have been some packing out done underneath the floor as it is being laid. The second is that the boards were slightly bowed , this would mean that the floor will not lay flat...

Hi, When laying a laminate through doorways you should use a tennon saw to cut the doorjamb and architrave. Sometimes the architraves are not deep enough so you will have to use a silicone to fill the gaps. Having your skirting on top of your flooring looks better than having scotia. If...

Hi Ben You will need to run glue in the joints.The best product is PVA D3. This to hold the boards together when they expand.If you put the boards together without glue you will at best see gaps appearing in between the boards. As a rule you should run wood floors at a right angle from...

Hi, You will need to make a false tongue, This consists of a piece of wood the width of two grooves and the same depth as the groove. The approximate size would be 10mm wide 4mm deep and the length would be as long as the line you are trying to join onto. You will need to glue with PVA D3...

Hi, The problem you will have with getting the colour the same on your parquet and your stairs is that the two wood species will probably be different. The stairs will be a softer wood like pine and the parquet will probably be oak or maple. the only way to get the two floors looking...

If you change the laminate direction in each room then you will have no option but to use an expansion joint.

Hi Adam, First of all, it is advisable to fix a solid wood floor to the subfloor with the correct fixings and not glue them together. The advised way to lay the flooring would be to lay the floor from front of the house to the back. This means that the flooring will run adjacent to the...

Hi Dave. You will not be able to lock the flooring together in the doorway. It is almost impossible to slide a locking system wood floor under a doorway without cutting away some of the locking system and then using PVA adhesive to glue that joint. Not sure about a biscuit haha

Hi, The sonic gold will have some thermal properties but realistically you will feel very little difference unless you have an airflow problem. Airflow runs under floorboards and is important to the structure. Sometimes the air running through can be damp and if this is the case it would...

Hi, If the floor is relatively flat then you will only need the basic polyfoam. (I would imagine that if you have a vinyl there at the moment then the floor is quite flat). The fibreboards are used if you have an uneven surface. As you are fitting the laminate in the little boys room...

Hi, Try using a white scotia (as long as your skirting is white) this will give the illusion that the skirting board is fitted on top of the laminate flooring. With the threshold bars the laminate should run continuously through the doorways. If you need to use door bars then there are...

Hi, From what you are saying you will probably need to level the floor with a self-levelling floor screed to make the levels constant all over the floor. If you put a wood floor down screed the floor then pick an underlay that will have a suitable depth. They come from 1mm to 6mm. Lay...

Hi Dave, If you have picked an 18mm walnut multiply, then it would probably be random in length. The 18mm is seen as structural but the problem would be in the amount of fixing you will get as you will be laying straight to the joist. The floorboards that were originally there were...

Hi Claire, You should really build up the floor with screed 4mm then with a felt board underlay 6mm then the laminate 8mm which will give you the 18mm. If you put 2 layers of underlay down to raise the floor you will probably invalidate your warranty.

Hi, It sounds to me that it is the movement which has broken the locking system. If there is any movement underneath a laminate floor then eventually the joint will wear. The flooring will have to be taken up to the point of the damaged boards and then the boards replaced with two new...

Hi, When wood fitters lay a hallway and living room they would normally start in the hallway and then go into the room. So I would start at the longest wall where the doorway is. I would set out using a plumb line .The plumb line should be measured taking into account that the flooring...

Hi, If you are laying a laminate over a wet system then the subfloor is probably concrete. If this is the case then you should use a 1.5-2.5mm foam underlay with a plastic DPM sheet included. Manufacturers will always require a DPM laid between any concrete floor and a wood floor. With...

Hi, The correct procedure would be to paint two coats of DPM down onto the concrete over two days. Then you should glue the wood floor to the DPM with a compatible adhesive. You should always leave a 10-12mm gap to allow for expansion. A two coat DPM should cost around £280,00 for two...

Hi Leo, The gold Silentfloor range will let some heat through but I would normally recommend a thinner underlay so the heat can get through with less interruption. With sound insulation you would need a thicker underlay but with heat you would normally want a thinner underlay so the heat...

I would like to reiterate that a tongue and groove sold wood floor should NEVER be floated on top of an underlay. If anyone believes that It can be floated try looking in the CFJ journal where Sid Bourne a highly respected wood floor inspector to the trade and ex installer himself quotes that...