Afternoon guys (and Girls!) I am going to lay 150mm wide 18 or 20 mm thick rustic oak flooring in both a living room and hallway. I have 7 year old house (wooden, potton style) thats has a floating floor arrangement. the boarding already down is extreemly flat and even. What is the best way of laying the oak tongue 'n' grooved planks... ? 1st. is an underlay really needed? 2nd. should this be glue or glued and nailed? Other than that I shall remove and replace the skirting (giving me the chance to hide speaker cables etc). I think after that I am okay with the job in hand. Thanks for any views. Sherbs.
No glue or underlay, best using a porta-nailer, you can hire them as they are not cheap for a one off job. http://www.screwfix.com/search.do;jsessionid=14VQ03C0UTQTECSTHZPCFFQ?_dyncharset=UTF-8&fhsearch=portanailer&searchbutton.x=0&searchbutton.y=0&searchbutton=submit
yes agreed secret nail with a portanailer- tend to use adhesive - sika T2 on the first and last few rows to avoid face fixing.
Are you gonna nail your solid oak floor, to a floating chipboard floor? If so nail some ply (6mm at least) down first so you get a better nail retention
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