Dear all,
Thinking of using secret nailing to attach solid oak floor to pine floorboards. The boards are in good condition and very flat, so I'm thinking of using only wax back paper as the underlay.
My question is about expansion: obviously you allow gaps round the outside of the new floor (I plan to remove the skirting and then replace: hate beading).
But if I lay the new oak floor perpendicular to the existing boards, and if the oak floor is nailed to the floorboards, is there never a potential problem with these two wooden floors expanding differentially... and won't this be more of a problem with a secret-nailed floor than with a floating floor stuck together with glue?
OTOH I would've thought a nailed floor would tend to be more stable and sturdier than a glued one... this is one reason why I'd like to use nailing...
Thinking of using secret nailing to attach solid oak floor to pine floorboards. The boards are in good condition and very flat, so I'm thinking of using only wax back paper as the underlay.
My question is about expansion: obviously you allow gaps round the outside of the new floor (I plan to remove the skirting and then replace: hate beading).
But if I lay the new oak floor perpendicular to the existing boards, and if the oak floor is nailed to the floorboards, is there never a potential problem with these two wooden floors expanding differentially... and won't this be more of a problem with a secret-nailed floor than with a floating floor stuck together with glue?
OTOH I would've thought a nailed floor would tend to be more stable and sturdier than a glued one... this is one reason why I'd like to use nailing...