Wooden Engineered Floor on Concrete

[singinmgr]

I have bought some WE oak flooring (Elka Wood 200mm slotting fit) to lay on the ground floor of a modern house with concrete floor. The floor is level and dry. The instructions suggest glueing or nailing in the case of a wooden sub floor. Questions:

1. Should I glue or lay as a floating floor?
2. Do I lay a membrane of some sort on the concrete? if so I cannot glue?
3. Secret nailing into concrete?
4. Intend to use cork expanding strips for the gaps?

Any advice will be much appreciated.

 

[WoodYouLike]

Most simple (and cost-effective) way to install wooden floorboards (either solid or wood-engineered) on level concrete underfloor is to use the floating method.
Place a DPM and sound-insulation first (more and more brands come with a 2-in-1 product where the dpm is already attached to the insulation and has a adhesived overlapping piece of DPM), the to install the boards and glueing the Tongue and groves with PVAC wood-glue.

With regards of cork strips in expansion gpas: they will only fill the gap. Leave the gap open and install flat beading on the floor to cover gap.

Hope this helps

 

[singinmgr]

Place a DPM and sound-insulation first (more and more brands come with a 2-in-1 product where the dpm is already attached to the insulation and has a adhesived overlapping piece of DPM

Thanks for the advice WoodYouLike . Are there any particular makes of the DPM & sound-insulation available on the market as I have enquired in some tile shops and I get differing opinions. thanks again.

 

[WoodYouLike]

Well, tile shops ! What you expect from them?
Try Timbermate Excell (thick underlayment), that's the best known. We have an alternative, thinner (and cheaper ) brandless product availalbe, but you could try any specialised wooden flooring company/retailer.