Evening all,
Hoping someone can give me some pointers
T&G Solid woood floor being installed on ground floor. Ground floor is currently floorboards on joists - quite flat.
No signs of damp. Approx 3 foot crawl space. Planning to install the new floor in same direction of current boards ie at 90 degrees to joists. This is because I have a small hallway off this room which I plan to put wooden floor down and the direction of travel is the same as per the floorboards. Plan for floating floor on top of 5mm fibreboard underlay.
1. Do I need a DPM?
2. Do I need to install some plywood over floorboards first (because of floor direction).
3. Do I need to fix boards together? glue, fixing clips? Could I get away without glueing so I can replace/repair easy in future?
4. Should the 1st line be installed tongue facing wall? - Read this somewhere?
Many thanks,
Hoping someone can give me some pointers
T&G Solid woood floor being installed on ground floor. Ground floor is currently floorboards on joists - quite flat.
No signs of damp. Approx 3 foot crawl space. Planning to install the new floor in same direction of current boards ie at 90 degrees to joists. This is because I have a small hallway off this room which I plan to put wooden floor down and the direction of travel is the same as per the floorboards. Plan for floating floor on top of 5mm fibreboard underlay.
1. Do I need a DPM?
2. Do I need to install some plywood over floorboards first (because of floor direction).
3. Do I need to fix boards together? glue, fixing clips? Could I get away without glueing so I can replace/repair easy in future?
4. Should the 1st line be installed tongue facing wall? - Read this somewhere?
Many thanks,