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Andrew Haughton
In November last year Sypmtoms and and other kind folk advised me.
We have dried out the wood which is beech, junckers, 140 x 22m T&G in random lengths with ends machined. To remind you (sorry!) the area is a warehouse space but heated and although there is some sign of damp in some walls, the floor seems dry and has many layers of floor paint on it.
I checked out your exchange with pantsmachine (!?) which is stuffed with valuable info. and what a result. Thanks for that.
We have to do the work in 3 weeks starting 30th June. What I didn't notice when I started is that the floor runs down to a central dip about 1 and a half to 2" lower than the sides. Its a huge area (130m2) so this is not easily visible and not critical. I have a joiner friend who confidently says we should lay the boards straight onto a special underlay and then glue them together to produce a floating floor. I'm unsure but no doubt this is much cheaper than battening.
Can I ask your advice on this idea or do you think the batten method will work better here. If so I am wary of 1" battens and feel if you're going to raise a floor by 25 + 22 = 47mm, you may as well go the whole hog and make it 73mm with 2" x 2". (scuse mixed measures).
Thank you.
We have dried out the wood which is beech, junckers, 140 x 22m T&G in random lengths with ends machined. To remind you (sorry!) the area is a warehouse space but heated and although there is some sign of damp in some walls, the floor seems dry and has many layers of floor paint on it.
I checked out your exchange with pantsmachine (!?) which is stuffed with valuable info. and what a result. Thanks for that.
We have to do the work in 3 weeks starting 30th June. What I didn't notice when I started is that the floor runs down to a central dip about 1 and a half to 2" lower than the sides. Its a huge area (130m2) so this is not easily visible and not critical. I have a joiner friend who confidently says we should lay the boards straight onto a special underlay and then glue them together to produce a floating floor. I'm unsure but no doubt this is much cheaper than battening.
Can I ask your advice on this idea or do you think the batten method will work better here. If so I am wary of 1" battens and feel if you're going to raise a floor by 25 + 22 = 47mm, you may as well go the whole hog and make it 73mm with 2" x 2". (scuse mixed measures).
Thank you.