Wood Flooring

nope and yep,
you can't nail to chipboard and yep you need an expansion gap.

 

So, what do you have to do to put a solid oak floor onto a chipboard floor? I know the obvious thing to do is to put ply down first, but you don't want to raise the floof too much - can you get away with a thin ply, say 6mm then nail the flooring down?

 

You can use 18mm ply ethier over the chipboard or lift the chipboard and replace with ply.
You may "get away with" 10mm ply on top of chipboard.
The easiest way is elastilon underlay, works a treat

 

> You can use 18mm ply ethier over the chipboard or
lift the chipboard and replace with ply.
You may "get away with" 10mm ply on top of
chipboard.
The easiest way is elastilon underlay, works a treat
;-)



wow this character's soooooooooooo knowledgeable..

I'm gettin' quite turned-on by it

 

What about flooring PVA and floor clamps? I would like to avoid the elastilon underlay - it can be a bit 'fidgety'

 

In this situation I'd go for an engineered floor it's the least hasstle and most come with a 4mm wear layer carpenters of york tend to have a good deal on most of the time.

Audi will be able to sell you some good stuff as well.

 

Cheers gonzo, funny you should say that i have some 14mm solid oak, austrian, (none of your carp from china) lovely grain, brushed and laquered on special at the min, you can float that and it's solid!

 

Cheers gonzo, funny you should say that i have some
14mm solid oak, austrian, (none of your carp from
china) lovely grain, brushed and laquered on special
at the min, you can float that and it's solid!

Sounds nice, how is it floated is it a wood lock type, metal clips or just a glue together (PU of course)

 

just glue and clamps gonzo, you remember when we had to work to fit floors lol.

 

ohhhh the good old days when you had to clamp and wait for the glue to go off, used to get through 2 flasks a day