engineered wood flooring

rockchick113

we are thinking about having engineered wood flooring in our living room, its an old farm house with stone floors.
As it is at the moment its stone flag floor with no DPM ( they didn't do that when the house was built ) with lino over the stone then a carpet on top of the lino. I just want to lay the wood floor over the lino with a cork underlay. Now the lino has been down for over 30 years and shows no problems. can anyone see any problems that might arise in what I'm planing on doing. My only worry is damp but with the amount of time the lino has been down that would have already show its self? would it ?
cheers for any advice.

dannyboybath

Hi
Personally I would put underfloor heating down as well , you buy special insulation boards that just lay down & tape the edges then put the heating mats (electric) on top, then the floor .
But if you don't , it's not an issue . Just put the insulation down . Don't use the rolls of tissue paper stuff but buy the best you can afford of the board type & tape the joints. That way you have heat insulation, and sound insulation in 1 . Take off the skirting boards first and pre drill the fixings and gloss first , if you can , to save having to put edging all the way round . It's a better job. To get around door frames beg/borrow one of those FENN saws, or multi tool cutter, it will save you hours . When your choosing your floor , buy a few different samples first , walk on them, scuff your boots on them , let the dog scratch them, drop something on them etc etc to see how it wears. Just done a refurb on a house , they had a firm come in & lay oak engineered floor @£250 a sq metre . Looks lovely but so I practical , shows every bit of dust, scratches easily , the dog skates on it , won't clean right as shows every cloth mark . a Wickes own special @ £15 a square metre , is fantastic . Just take your time and glue the edges, buy some decent glue thinner to wipe any excess off , off just use decent pva glue

rockchick113

Thanks dannyboybath,
I'm not using underfloor heating, but I'm using cork underlay, with it being a natural product and a good insulater.
I was just concerned about any problems I might encounter with the stone flag floor.

rockchick113

Any thoughts on this post please, before I start the job.
Thanks

Doozergirl

I'd be inclined to lay a DPM down first.

My concern with flags would also be is the floor level? You don't want bouncing when it's down.