Hi all
I need to install an engineered wood floor this weekend. Timing is critical - it has to start tomorrow.
It's engineered wood flooring, being installed over a plywood subfloor. The room has a lot of built-in furniture (about 1/3 of the room) and I'm not installing flooring there. I want a nice heavy underlay to smoothe out any imperfections - I don't like using those fibreboard panels.
Last time I did this, I used Duralay Duratex as the underlay because it had no DPM. I understand that underlays with a DPM should be avoided on any type of wooden subfloor. However, I've had a bit of a nightmare and my order has been cancelled this time. I am without underlay. I've called interfloor and they've been monumentally useless in finding a stockist near me (SE London). I've spent an hour on google, and cannot find a stockist with Duratex, Multitex, Tuplex, or even that wood-fibre stuff on a roll. All I'm able to find is a stockist that has Timbermate XL, which has the built in DPM.
My questions are:
1) does anybody know of a stockist, open Saturdays, in SE London or Essex that stocks a suits a suitable underlay?
2) If not, is it really bad practice to use timbermate XL? A third of the floor is not going to be covered, and there is ventilation already through airblocks (the void below the floor is a good 2 feet deep).
I'd appreciate any help! Thanks.
I need to install an engineered wood floor this weekend. Timing is critical - it has to start tomorrow.
It's engineered wood flooring, being installed over a plywood subfloor. The room has a lot of built-in furniture (about 1/3 of the room) and I'm not installing flooring there. I want a nice heavy underlay to smoothe out any imperfections - I don't like using those fibreboard panels.
Last time I did this, I used Duralay Duratex as the underlay because it had no DPM. I understand that underlays with a DPM should be avoided on any type of wooden subfloor. However, I've had a bit of a nightmare and my order has been cancelled this time. I am without underlay. I've called interfloor and they've been monumentally useless in finding a stockist near me (SE London). I've spent an hour on google, and cannot find a stockist with Duratex, Multitex, Tuplex, or even that wood-fibre stuff on a roll. All I'm able to find is a stockist that has Timbermate XL, which has the built in DPM.
My questions are:
1) does anybody know of a stockist, open Saturdays, in SE London or Essex that stocks a suits a suitable underlay?
2) If not, is it really bad practice to use timbermate XL? A third of the floor is not going to be covered, and there is ventilation already through airblocks (the void below the floor is a good 2 feet deep).
I'd appreciate any help! Thanks.
