Hi, I'm planning to lay wood (or possibly laminate wood) flooring in
our house.  The problem is the ground floor has a concrete subfloor.
What is the best way to do this? Should I attach them to batons on the
concrete or directly to the concrete?  And what material will I need
to put directly between the floorboards and the concrete?

Thanks

lsd

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> Hi, I'm planning to lay wood (or possibly laminate wood) flooring in
> our house.  The problem is the ground floor has a concrete subfloor.
> What is the best way to do this? Should I attach them to batons on the
> concrete or directly to the concrete?  And what material will I need
> to put directly between the floorboards and the concrete?
>
> Thanks
>
> lsd

Wooden or laminate flooring are known as floating floors - because they are
not actually fixed to the subfloor underneath in any way.
The only consideration when laying on a concrete subfloor is that you first
need to lay a damp-proof vapour barrier. Then you use whatever underlay you
choose - but the felt boards are the best.
Good luck
Graham

I found a good value underlay with built in damp proof barrier at -
www.woodfloors2u.com

Once the underlays down you can just "float" the flooring on top, so no
need for extra glue or nails.

Hope that helps

Billy

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> I found a good value underlay with built in damp proof barrier at -
> www.woodfloors2u.com
>
> Once the underlays down you can just "float" the flooring on top, so no
> need for extra glue or nails.
>
> Hope that helps
>
> Billy

I've tried this type of underlay - wasn't very impressed. It's only 2mm
thick and does not have as good a sound and 'feel' as the feltboard
underlay - I would still recommend a separate damp membrane and feltboard
(wickes is cheap for feltboard)
Graham

On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 10:03:53 GMT, "GTS" 
wrote:


>
> wrote in message
>news:1125067008.923589.83960@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
>> I found a good value underlay with built in damp proof barrier at -
>> www.woodfloors2u.com
>>
>> Once the underlays down you can just "float" the flooring on top, so no
>> need for extra glue or nails.
>>
>> Hope that helps
>>
>> Billy
>I've tried this type of underlay - wasn't very impressed. It's only 2mm
>thick and does not have as good a sound and 'feel' as the feltboard
>underlay - I would still recommend a separate damp membrane and feltboard
>(wickes is cheap for feltboard)
>Graham
>


Excellent.  Thanks for these.  Think I'll go with the felt and DPC
underlays as a big concern is the dead sound you can get in some rooms
from the flooring/underlay.

Get the f**k out to reply.
lsd