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锘? Many solid and engineered floors can be laid using wood
flooring adhesive. . There are two main techniques for installing using
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solid floors should always be glued down, not using the floating
method.

Floating Floor Method

Gluing the tongues and grooves of
the floor together does the floating floor method of fixing the wooden floor.
This creates a new floor, which is floating over the original floor. Engineered
floors can be floated over any solid sub floor and it is the preferred method
for laying engineered floors.

It is a good option when the sub floor
moisture content is unknown Teddy Purcell
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the floor and sub floor to prevent moisture rising into the new flooring. When
floating a floor, an underlay must be used to cancel the effect of any echo and
also provide a leveling effect to the sub floor.

This echo is caused by
the two hard surfaces together which have a space between them. The noise echoes
in this void. The purpose of underlay is to prevent any echo, as the two hard
surfaces will not be adjacent with each other. The choice of underlay is huge
for use when floating the floor all of which are adequate.

A good quality
underlay is advised Taylor Hall Oilers
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traffic. Generally the denser an underlay the less noise!

To float the
floor:

Lay out the damp screen ensuring that the edges of the membrane
continue up the side of the skirting. And overlap the seams by 100mm Lay out the
underlay ensuring all areas of the floor are covered. Any areas left uncovered
with the underlay will cause a bounce in the new floor and will be
noisier.

A D3 rated PVA wood adhesive is used to glue the boards
together.

Fit the floor by placing two beads of adhesive along the upper
and lower sides of the groove joint. (It is a common mistake to think that the
boards need to be glued along the tongue this will simply push the adhesive too
far into the joint and not create a firm bond between the boards.). Glue the
complete length of the board| all the way down the planks as this prevents the
board from creaking.

Leave the joints and glue to dry before walking on
the floor. Any PVA glue, which has spilled or oozed onto the boards can easily
be wiped off a lacquered or oiled board, or sanded off an unfinished floor. It
must be noted that thermo treated solid oak has less density therefore water
based pva will not adhere to the timber as well as normal oak.

The Glue
Down Method

The glue down m

Installing:

The first thing to do is ensure the sub floor
is completely flat Ryan
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necessary has been primed. | in a satisfactory condition (see above) Working in
an area just large enough to complete within 30 minutes, apply the adhesive to
the sub floor using a trowel with the specified notch size ensuring the whole
sub floor surface has an even amount of glue.

Install the new floorboards
ensuring all boards have been pulled tight and have not been moved out of place
as other boards have been fitted. It may be advisable to clamp up any slightly
bent boards at this stage.
Leave the adhesive to cure for 12 hours and do not
walk on the floor until it is fully set.

Unlike PVA adhesive, flooring
adhesive is very difficult to remove from the surface of the boards. Ensure that
any spills on the boards are wiped off immediately before the boards have
dried.

Other Adhesive based fitting methods:

The are other
adhesive based fitting options used to fit flooring:

Adhesive backed
underlay. The underlay has a sticky side covered in a plastic film Paul Coffey Oilers
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Elastilon and Acoustalay adhesive 3001000 are all types of adhesive backed
underlay.
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