Engineered flooring - Click system or T&G

[fisher2008]

Hi

I am looking to get some flooring soon and dont know whether to go for the click system offered by some manufacturers or to go with T&G.

The floor will be a floating floor.

Any benefits of one over the other???

Thanks

 

[WoodYouLike]

More benefits of going for a normal T&G floor than any click-systems, specially in smaller long areas with doors at both sides.

Make sure you glue the T&G's correctly, that's all. It will be easier than all those 'easy' click-systems.

 

[fisher2008]

Thanks for that

what makes it better to go for T&G??

Is it possible to cut out the skirting boards as well and slip the t&g underneath them to hide it??

I have a number of the walls without skirting at the moment, but some still have skirting on them

Many thanks

 

[WoodYouLike]

Thanks for that

what makes it better to go for T&G??

The easiness of fitting all boards without having walls, doorposts, fireplaces preventing you to make that angle needed with a click system.

Best is always to remove all skirtingboard when you plan to use them to cover the expansion gap to make sure that gap is the same everywhere.

 

[fisher2008]

So let me get this right:

take all skirting off first.
Use t&g and glue all edges

Will this be ok for a floating floor on floor boards and concrete?

Will I be able to replace a board at a later date?

Many thanks for your help

 

[WoodYouLike]

You have to use a suitable underlayment (one that contains a DPM when installing on concrete).

You can replace a board in the future when you are carefully. On the new board the bottom groove will have to be cut off and a weight has to be placed on it for a time to make sure it bonds correctly with the neighbouring boards.

 

[fisher2008]

great advice thanks very much