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Wood flooring

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  • 25-10-2005 7:36pm
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    bigtimecharlie
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    (Sorry if this type of question has been asked but the search facility is down).

    I have bought laminate flooring for the 3 bedroom's upstair's in B&Q. Cheap and cheerful and look's good. However, I want to use solid flooring in the sitting room and the hallway. I have heard so many theroies/suggestion's that I'm baffled.

    A mate who supplies wooden flooring has given me a good quote which i will fit myself compared to supplied and fitted by other companies. My mate say's that the moisture level on the concret floor should be 2% before the floor goes down and NOT have the wood aclimateise before hand ( will lead to warping in the long term as the wood absorb's the moisture in the room and then will dry out). He suggest's that it could be March/April next year before the required level is reached.

    Does this go against what other's have done/heard/been told or is it worth the wait?

    Comment's/suggestion's welcome.


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    dogg_r_69
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    bigtimecharlie wrote:
    My mate say's that the moisture level on the concret floor should be 2% before the floor goes down and NOT have the wood aclimateise before hand ( will lead to warping in the long term as the wood absorb's the moisture in the room and then will dry out). He suggest's that it could be March/April next year before the required level is reached.
    What width boards are you going using? If it's a narrow boards the warping will be minimal basically no matter what happens, bar a lot of water getting at it. Also is this a floating floor or being glued or nailed down?


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    dts
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    I would save the money and go for laminate downstairs as well. If you wife is anything like mine then she will want to change it within a couple of years.


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    jhegarty
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    bigtimecharlie wrote:
    (Sorry if this type of question has been asked but the search facility is down).

    I have bought laminate flooring for the 3 bedroom's upstair's in B&Q. Cheap and cheerful and look's good. However, I want to use solid flooring in the sitting room and the hallway. I have heard so many theroies/suggestion's that I'm baffled.

    A mate who supplies wooden flooring has given me a good quote which i will fit myself compared to supplied and fitted by other companies. My mate say's that the moisture level on the concret floor should be 2% before the floor goes down and NOT have the wood aclimateise before hand ( will lead to warping in the long term as the wood absorb's the moisture in the room and then will dry out). He suggest's that it could be March/April next year before the required level is reached.

    Does this go against what other's have done/heard/been told or is it worth the wait?

    Comment's/suggestion's welcome.

    as far as I know you can lay semi-solid on a floor thats not fully dry.....


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    bigtimecharlie
    Registered Users Posts: 2,080 ✭✭✭bigtimecharlie


    dogg_r_69 wrote:
    What width boards are you going using? If it's a narrow boards the warping will be minimal basically no matter what happens, bar a lot of water getting at it. Also is this a floating floor or being glued or nailed down?

    I was hoping to glue the flooring down onto the concret base. I don't know what width yet, but the lenght's come in long pack's of about 10 per pack.


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