Dear All,
I know this has been covered before, but I have got some additional information that has added confusion to the topic for me.
We have a concrete floor and would love to use some old fashioned worn floorboards on top as we prefer the effect to new laminate or engineered flooring.
I know that the conventional solution is to batten out on top of the concrete and level, then nail through on to the battens. However, we have no scope to create a step in the room and we only want one part boarded. Just when I thought that we would need to come to terms with solid wood tongue and groove or laminate, somebody mentioned an adhesive mat or sheet that could sit on the floor and remove the need for battening.
Having worked with wood for many years, I would be very surprised to learn that the adhesive mat would be able to hold down a floorboard once it decides to twist or curve etc.
Does anybody know of this adhesive mat material, and can anybody confirm that we would still need a tongue and groove based wood solution to hold it all together.
Perhaps somebody has been able to use floorboards like this by moulding a T+G into the old boards before laying. I suppose if we go to this trouble we can just float the floor rather than using the adhesive though, I would think.
Thanks in advance for any help.
I know this has been covered before, but I have got some additional information that has added confusion to the topic for me.
We have a concrete floor and would love to use some old fashioned worn floorboards on top as we prefer the effect to new laminate or engineered flooring.
I know that the conventional solution is to batten out on top of the concrete and level, then nail through on to the battens. However, we have no scope to create a step in the room and we only want one part boarded. Just when I thought that we would need to come to terms with solid wood tongue and groove or laminate, somebody mentioned an adhesive mat or sheet that could sit on the floor and remove the need for battening.
Having worked with wood for many years, I would be very surprised to learn that the adhesive mat would be able to hold down a floorboard once it decides to twist or curve etc.
Does anybody know of this adhesive mat material, and can anybody confirm that we would still need a tongue and groove based wood solution to hold it all together.
Perhaps somebody has been able to use floorboards like this by moulding a T+G into the old boards before laying. I suppose if we go to this trouble we can just float the floor rather than using the adhesive though, I would think.
Thanks in advance for any help.
