Most installers will tell you that the best method of fixing new oak floorboards to an existing hardwood floor is the secret nailing or screwing system.
Fitting oak flooring over floorboards.
We don t recommend installing over chipboard and instead would suggest a floating floor such as engineered wood flooring or laminate flooring.
Secret nail this can be over any wooden subfloor using a tool called a porta nailer.
For further advice on fitting and finishing your wood flooring call us on 01535 637755 or follow the link to download our free hardwood floor fitting and maintenance guide.
The suitable fitting methods for our engineered tongue and groove wood flooring are as follows.
A floating floor is usually laid over a sub floor or over an existing floor after laying the right underlay.
How to lay solid wood flooring installation methods.
Glue down bond by far the best method of installing our engineered wood flooring is to glue bond it directly to the floor screed using ms polymer floor adhesive.
This combined with a fitting method called secret nailing will help ensure a successful installation for your new solid hardwood floor.
Hardwood flooring boards either solid wood flooring or engineered wood flooring can be fitted onto existing wooden floor boards.
Where to buy floorboards.
This is where you hammer nails at a 45 degree angle into the tongue of each board securing it in place.
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One of the popular choices for wood flooring fitting is secret nailing a the term used to describe putting nails through the tongue of the new wooden floorboards to fix them to the existing floorboards.
Installing solid wood flooring onto concrete.
The hardwood flooring should run perpendicular to the existing floor boards to provide maximum strength and stability.
Solid wood can be installed onto 2 sub floor types.
Glued gluing your floor is often the most popular installation method as it is usually the most simple.
Alternatively use a specialist nail gun designed for fitting wood flooring.
For a 5m x 5m room installing an engineered wooden floor with a cost of 30 per square metre for the floor itself and 20 per square metre for installation would cost around 1 400 taking extras into account.
Before installing a hardwood floor ensure that the existing wooden floor boards are flat level and dry.
To glue a wooden floor a full coverage of flexible wood adhesive must be applied to the sub floor and the boards.
Slide back over the pipe and glue wedge in place.
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Hardwood floorboards such as oak ash elm and cherry can vary greatly in quality.
Standard softwood floorboards are commodity products.
Fit a pipe cover in a matching timber.
