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    Problem with wooden flooring fixed over underfloor heating.

    Great advise Simon We do need to counter the NHBC report, i don't think this is going to take much effort though. They will dig their own hole by the bits of their report you have put above. Sid Bourne is expensive by all means contact him but do what Simon and i have said then it will...
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    Concrete Laitance and Epoxy paint

    The paint will soak in when diluted 10 to 1, but i'm not sure to what extent. Maybe try a little area with the paint scheme you have in mind then attack it with a pen knife to see how well bonded the paint is to the slab. This should give you a good idea and is a test that paint company...
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    Problem with wooden flooring fixed over underfloor heating.

    On a side note, an engineered board with a decent amount of ply is nearly impossible to get to cup, i have had one sat in a bucket of water for weeks without any expansion of the board. In a house in normal living conditions they would never cup, on MDF i suspect they would!
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    Problem with wooden flooring fixed over underfloor heating.

    I would never consider this floor for underfloor heating what so ever in a glue down installation. You are sure this is a glue down floor no underlay? I just cant see evidence of the glue in the last photo, you can clearly see the layer of MDF still stuck to the back of the Oak board though...
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    Problem with wooden flooring fixed over underfloor heating.

    Don't worry we will help you get to the bottom of this and get you to a happy out come for you not the builder. We need to build up a really good case and then start to ratchet up the pressure on the builder. I have never seen an oak flooring glued to an MDF sheet and this coupled with the...
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    Problem with wooden flooring fixed over underfloor heating.

    Hi When you say MDF do you really mean plywood? Plywood has layers of real wood glued together at right angles, MDF is basically compressed cardboard. A 9 mm ply with a 9mm oak should be suitable for underfloor heating if it was MDF then it wouldn't be at all. Photo's would be helpful...
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    What to put under Real Timber Flooring?

    Watch someone walk over a floating floor and you will see the movement.
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    Solid oak flooring on to floorboards.

    Not a bad guide that. Think you will find a glue down installation much easier though for your size of room you could do away with the clamps and cut little wedges out of the boards to wedge from the sides. Leave some weight on the floor if you wedge it up from the sides,
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    What to put under Real Timber Flooring?

    It's different for a standard floating floor as there is nothing glued to the bottom of the boards trying to pull them together. With a glue down floor or nail down the boards are attached to the floor although they will be pulled together by the glue or nails. All floors expand but floors...
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    What to put under Real Timber Flooring?

    Floating floors are always bouncy, that's why i'm not the biggest fan. Fitted 2 in the last 5 years.
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    What to put under Real Timber Flooring?

    Its a workable solution yes. much better than nailing it down.
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    What to put under Real Timber Flooring?

    sorry missed the screed over an area probably not the best bond to be fair starting to favour the floating floor. Crazydave Yeah it is a weaker bond but then so is nailing into ply. There is nothing worse than lifting a floor glued to screed/concrete (always pull clumps of concrete up)...
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    What to put under Real Timber Flooring?

    Never encountered this and i have for various reasons had to lift floors/single boards that i have glued down with a flexible PU over waterproofed flooring chipboard. The lifted boards always pull the top surface of the chip board much in the same way as with a ply. Never fancied the...
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    Laying solid Oak floor.

    Be interesting to see what advise you get :wink:
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    What to put under Real Timber Flooring?

    Nailing into chipboard is not the best option at all. Chipboard does not hold a nail very well, it may seem good at first but the nail will get looser with the natural expansion and contraction of the hardwood floor. A trowel out flexible wood flooring adhesive would be the best option for...
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    What to put under Real Timber Flooring?

    What are the floor panels? Ply or chipboard?
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    Floorers please - is this invoice for partial work fair.....

    I can guarantee he is not a wood floor fitter! And 3 hours for an epoxy DPM to dry does seem an eternity when I need to get a job done i agree, but for you to live in someone else's house? In fact lets see. Where in Lancashire are you? If he claims to be a wood floor layer and this is your...
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    Strip and restain wooden floor

    Your orbital (hope for your sake its a Rotex) will do the job but boy its going to take time. 9 square m's! Start with a course sandpaper 40's or 60's (till the colour has gone) then go to 80's and then to 120's hoovering in between. The final grit sandpapers are just removing the marks of...
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