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    Laying bamboo real wood flooring

    Hammerandchisel, I understand your concerns. The main point of the post was to recommend using a solid wood adhesive specially made for wood floors. I've never trusted no nails with wood flooring personally.
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    Laying bamboo real wood flooring

    I would highly recommend that you float it in such a small area and not use No Nail glue to stick it down. If you were going to bond it to the sub-floor, I would also highly recommend that you use a glue made for that specific use. Luke -Floormaker.co.uk
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    Laying 10mm T&G engineered oak over warped pine boards?

    Hi Oaklover, The problem with a warped sub-floor is it can greatly increase the pressure on your engineered floor. Engineered floors expand and contract naturally, but if there's no flat, found and level sub-floor to put it on your greatly increase the risk that your flooring could lift...
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    Laminate damproof - bin bags!!

    Hi Homer, The Damp Proof Membranes that are solid in most e-commerce and retail stores are specifically designed to keep out moisture. Bin liners are 'Water Resistant' but would not be sufficient for keep moisture away from flooring. Flooring's worst enemy is moisture so it's worth going...
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    Solid or Engineered?

    There are certain tools that help you fit click flooring on the walls and around doorways. For example. You can see the bar there? It let's you get around tricky instances like you mentioned. You are not limited to just a saw, the floor fitting industry is constantly getting more and...
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    Solid or Engineered?

    I would agree that old click Engineered wood can be less convenient than T&G. These days though, it's a simple case of knocking the boards together. No Glue, no nails and certainly no clips. Less cost in materials? Yes. Less time spent laying and fiddling about with glue/nails? Yes. :) -Luke
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    Solid or Engineered?

    I would recommend Engineered flooring. Why? It's simple, solid wood is aesthetically pleasing, yes, but the amount of expansion and contraction it goes under during summer/winter is abysmal . You can get Engineered flooring which looks just as good (Most of the time even better) it's...
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    Plan to lay some real wood boards in the ensuite

    This is moisture resistant chipboard. A standard in any property these days. If you were dead set on laying a solid wood flooring in a bathroom area, I'd recommend that you at least use an underlay depending on how you're fitting the boards to the subfloor. If you lay this as a floating...
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    Need to leave expansion gaps for used laminate flooring?

    Most manufacturers recommend an expansion gap of around 10-12mm. Personally - I'd recommend you fill a 12mm expansion gap with a product called 'Cork Expansion Strips'. You can pick these up in any big D.I.Y store and they expand and contract with your flooring. Due to changes in temperature...
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    Laminate flooring

    I would highly recommend using a gap around the perimeter edges to allow room for expansion. This is the case for all types of flooring.
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