Best way to lay a solid wood floor?

pookiewn

Morning,

I am going to have wood floor all over my groundfloor, but unsure how to lay it.

I've done some research on the net and asked a couple of people - but all the answers are different, slightly confusing! Do I glue it direct, can I nail it instead and do I need underlay, or a plywood subfloor?

The wood floor is tongue and groove and will be layed over mostly original floorboards and a chipboard floor in the kitchen. At the moment all the floor is one level, there are the natural uneven bits of the old wood.

All answers will be greatly appreciated please!

Thank you

Hintza

What is under the floor (pipes, cable etc)? How often will it need lifted? Remember solid boards are more liable to warp.

I imagine nailing would be the way forward but you must start with a totally level surface.

Unfortunately I don't know enough about it but take care to get proper advice on this.

nickcardwell

i have a solid floor on chipboard floor.

Mine is "floated" , ,between the chipboard floor and solid oak, is a underlay. oak was glued.

Done approx 5 years ago, the floor does move (cracks appear) and disappear in summer /winter months (due to heating /drying the air out and floor ) and then moisture in the air.

pookiewn

Thanks for the replies.
We're doing all re plumbing and re wiring now before the floor goes down, so hoping the answer to how often it gets lifted will be as little as possible!

nickcardwell, did you attach the underlay to the chipboard or just the oak to underlay?

Mr_Ted

BROWN SIDE UP lol

Jonesya

Another option is to screw it down - look for Tongue-tite screws, like blind nailing they fix through the tongue. I used them recently and they worked quite well, that was only a smaller area through (~9 sq m) so whilst they were a bit pricy (£6-£10 for box of 200) it wasn't bad compared to the cost of hiring or buying a nailer.

Have you considered the risk from solid flooring in the kitchen - if you get a water leak the flooring may well warp/buckle/rise-up etc?

nickcardwell

pookiewn wrote: »

Thanks for the replies.
We're doing all re plumbing and re wiring now before the floor goes down, so hoping the answer to how often it gets lifted will be as little as possible!

nickcardwell, did you attach the underlay to the chipboard or just the oak to underlay?

underlay just sits on the chipboard with the oak on top