Hello,
I've read a fair bit on this forum about real wood floors and it appears that the route preferred by most if laying on a concrete floor is to lay it floating rather than glue it down to the concrete.
I want to lay around 50m2 of oak which is around 110mm wide random length T&G all round to 2 adjoining rooms. The concrete floor it is to be laid on is around 30 years old with no damp. There is one small section of floor which is tiled as this is the result of an internal wall coming down and making the room slightly larger. The floor appears to be sound (no crumbling) and reasonably flat and smooth (apart from the small section mentioned earlier). My intention was to use a levelling latex? screed on this.
The place where I intend to buy the wood say that it can be laid on thin (2-3mm) grey underlay and does not require glueing at the T&G. Due to a minor alteration I may do in the future, this would suit me well as I could make adjustments easily. Is it possible to lay a floor this way and fill the expansion gap with cork to hold the joins together? There are no instructions on the packaging as this appears to be some contract stuff and I guess they assume you know what you are doing.
If glueing is the only option what type of glue should I use PVA? yellow glue?
thanks
I've read a fair bit on this forum about real wood floors and it appears that the route preferred by most if laying on a concrete floor is to lay it floating rather than glue it down to the concrete.
I want to lay around 50m2 of oak which is around 110mm wide random length T&G all round to 2 adjoining rooms. The concrete floor it is to be laid on is around 30 years old with no damp. There is one small section of floor which is tiled as this is the result of an internal wall coming down and making the room slightly larger. The floor appears to be sound (no crumbling) and reasonably flat and smooth (apart from the small section mentioned earlier). My intention was to use a levelling latex? screed on this.
The place where I intend to buy the wood say that it can be laid on thin (2-3mm) grey underlay and does not require glueing at the T&G. Due to a minor alteration I may do in the future, this would suit me well as I could make adjustments easily. Is it possible to lay a floor this way and fill the expansion gap with cork to hold the joins together? There are no instructions on the packaging as this appears to be some contract stuff and I guess they assume you know what you are doing.
If glueing is the only option what type of glue should I use PVA? yellow glue?
thanks