Hello to all and a belated merry christmas!!
.. a job I was tasked to complete by christmas still hasn't been completed (well in fairness she didn't specify which christmas).
Total rehash of our lounge next job is to lay a new floor.
Room is a tad over 6m x 3m with two thirds of it being a standard suspended wooden floor and the final third being dpm/concrete/screed/leveling compound.
Whole floor is sound/level, wood section well ventilated and concrete section bone dry (although I have no test facility to prove that) .
Not bought the floor yet as I want to be sure I know my requirement before I find a product to satisfy it (if that makes sense?).
I know engineered stuff (generally) can be floated or else fixed. I would much prefer to fix (secret nail) to the wooden floor but am concerned that if I fix to the wood and glue to the concrete that there will be some "discrepancy" over the 2 floor sections. Am I worrying unecessarily, or would it be a safer bet just to float the whole lot?
Similarly, I'm thinking - if floating it - of using 'Timbermate' as underlay, but again I'm undecided as to whether of not this can go in the concrete section as well as the wooden bit?
All answers appreciated.
.. a job I was tasked to complete by christmas still hasn't been completed (well in fairness she didn't specify which christmas).
Total rehash of our lounge next job is to lay a new floor.
Room is a tad over 6m x 3m with two thirds of it being a standard suspended wooden floor and the final third being dpm/concrete/screed/leveling compound.
Whole floor is sound/level, wood section well ventilated and concrete section bone dry (although I have no test facility to prove that) .
Not bought the floor yet as I want to be sure I know my requirement before I find a product to satisfy it (if that makes sense?).
I know engineered stuff (generally) can be floated or else fixed. I would much prefer to fix (secret nail) to the wooden floor but am concerned that if I fix to the wood and glue to the concrete that there will be some "discrepancy" over the 2 floor sections. Am I worrying unecessarily, or would it be a safer bet just to float the whole lot?
Similarly, I'm thinking - if floating it - of using 'Timbermate' as underlay, but again I'm undecided as to whether of not this can go in the concrete section as well as the wooden bit?
All answers appreciated.