I have a large solid teak parquet floor laid on a concrete base in 1963. I have just removed carpetting covering the parquet and discovered that there are large areas of loose tiles where the concrete has sunk and cracked.. Initially the tiles were laid with bitumen. The parquet consists of small tiles 115mm x 23mm x 9mm in batches of four. What do I do with the hardened bitumin on the concrete base and tiles to get a level surface after filling in the cracks.. 1/ do I use a hot air gun to melt the bitumin and press the tiles in to place 2/ do I try to remove the bitumin which would involve a great deal of hard work and would involve prising up more tiles than necessary. 3/ do I get in the professionals. guidence please
If it are just a few loose blocks, get some proper parquet adhesive. Remove most of the bitumen of the blocks and glue them back. It will take a little bit longer for the adhesive to bond to the original underfloor but it should work.
Woodulike, can I pick your brain on a similar subject please.
A customer asked me to look at her wood floor, similar to the above one. It is in a huge lounge leading onto a long T shaped hallway.
In the hall was a flood, some some of the little strips have now come away in various areas.
Secondly in the lounge the floor is very badly worn and scratched.
We are talking in the region of 45sq mtrs in total here.
Can this sort of floor be refixed then sanded down and relaquered? Or is it a case of lift the whol blooming thing, or even go over the top of it with say solid oak flooring?
Your knowledge is greatly appreciated by this poor unfortunet chippie
All depends on how many blocks are loose, not only in the flooded area. You can check this by knocking on the blocks. Hollow sound means loose and can have a devastating effect on you sanding equipment!!!!
If only a few are loose, lift them, remove old adhesive and glue them back. Leave them to bond sufficiently again, than use a professional beltsander for the best result.
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I have a large solid teak parquet floor laid on a concrete base in 1963. I have just removed carpetting covering the parquet and discovered that there are large areas of loose tiles where the concrete has sunk and cracked.. Initially the tiles were laid with bitumen. The parquet consists of small tiles 115mm x 23mm x 9mm in batches of four. What do I do with the hardened bitumin on the concrete base and tiles to get a level surface after filling in the cracks.. 1/ do I use a hot air gun to melt the bitumin and press the tiles in to place 2/ do I try to remove the bitumin which would involve a great deal of hard work and would involve prising up more tiles than necessary. 3/ do I get in the professionals. guidence please 
