Wood You Like F.A.Q. on Maintenance

HI,

I am planning to lay an oak floating floor in front and back room of my terraced house, the 2 rooms are connected by double doors. one is concrete floor, the other has floor boards (terrace is built on a hillside). You suggested using ply or OSB glued/nailed down, and then foam or rubber underlay, but didn't mention any DPM. Won't the concrete area require a DPM? Also, could I use Fibreboard instead of ply or OSB?

Many Thanks,

Dave.

Is this the case with engineered floors too?
And the size of ply, can i not lay sheets of 8x4?

We recently removed a ceramic tiled floor which was defective to find that it had been laid directly onto green, 25mm floor grade, chipboard. The chipboard is a floating floor and is in 2400 x 600mm boards underwhich is approx 50mm polysterene then a damp proof membrane. Having scrapped most of the remaining adhesive from the chipboard, can an engineered board be put down on top and if so, what preparation? I know ideally it would make sense to remove the chipboard altogether but we are talking around a 120 metres/2 and all the stud walls are built over it and compounding the problem we would have to seek LB consent to remove and replace any internal studwork, so best avoided.
Julie

Can I ask if this can be laid straight down on timber joists at first floor level, or do i need a subfloor of particleboard?

Hello experts Help required,
My son has recently purchased a house built in the 1950's, and the downstairs rooms and hall have oak parquet flooring. In places the blocks have lifted and underneath there appears to be a 2" layer of a soft powdfwery substance like plaster on what appears to be stable concrete. Does anyone know what this layer on the concrete is? Is it an insulating layer, and how can I repair it to obtain a level sufrace to refit the oak blocks to? Thanks, Steve.

Hi there,
I want to fit a Floating style solid brushed & oiled floor in a house with Two types of sub-floor (Floorboards & concrete screed)But as the floorboards sit 4mm lower than the concrete I was hoping to put a DPM (vinyl sheet)on the screed and then a 2mm foam underlay: To build up the floorboards a DPM again to prevent moisture from below and then a 6mm fibreboard underlay. Then I wanted to lay the boards by gluing the toungues all sides. I am aware of the idea of ply boarding the whole area and forgoing the DPM but have limited ceiling height and am working in a grade II terraced house,So don't want to raise the floor any more than necessary! Is it a lost cause or can it work like this???

I want to fit a floating (but glued tonue and grove)solid oak floor on two different surfaces (concrete and wooden floor boards). The concrete floor surface is 3mm lower than the floor boards. I have noted the other comments on the page, but wonder if I have to place ply over the wooden floor boards as well as the concrete? The surfaces were in two rooms that have now been knocked through into one, so the same ambient temperature will be in the room. What do you suggest?

Hello , Hope you can help me ?

Ive just bought a new solid 120mm wide 18mm thick wooden floor to be fitted in the kitchen/dining room and the sub floor is concrete what would be the best way to fit the wooden floor?

Hi

I have a similar question to Julie above except although stable the chip board sub floor is shapped like a puddle. Its max difference is 18mm between the bottom in the centre of the room and the edges. Average puddle to fill 12 - 15mm if that makes sense over a room 4m * 4m. I intend to lay eng oak with a 3 or 4 mm underlay.

I was going to use a 2 part latex self leveling compound however I am having second thoughts. My question is will a 2 part latex self leveling stuff do the job or do you recommend something else?

Thank you

Andrew