Real wood flooring on Concrete floor??

[wardie]

Hello!
Advice needed: I'd like a real oak floor but have a concrete floor, does anyone know if this is possible (no height for laying ply (?) first). Is there a new type of solid wood flooring that can be laid straight onto concrete? Is engineered board any good?
Any help greatly received.

 

[WoodYouLike]

What is the thickness of your solid boards? Are they T&G'ed?
Normally not a problem to install solid boards floating on concrete - level concrete - , you have to use an underlayment containing a DPM layer and sound-insulation layer, nowadays combi-products (very handy!).

 

[wardie]

Thank you. I haven't bought the flooring yet as I'm waiting to until I know the best option to go for.

 

[cat1jones]

we just laid a Junckers floor which has a weird metal clip system so that it go over a concrete floor (after you have put down all the right underlay). It was expensive, but looks wonderful.

 

[Porker]

Had my oak floor laid for about 3 months now - really pleased. Combilay and then glued all round. If large rooms then leave a decent expansion gap. It moved quite a bit while we were painting the walls and woodwork due to the moisture.

 

[WoodYouLike]

Had my oak floor laid for about 3 months now - really pleased. Combilay and then glued all round. If large rooms then leave a decent expansion gap. It moved quite a bit while we were painting the walls and woodwork due to the moisture.

Two rules of thumb comes in mind:

All wet work should be finished before installing the wood.
Expansion gaps: 3mm per meter width of the room, minimum 10mm