Hi

I'd be grateful for any thoughts about this one:

We're thinking of laying a laminate or preferably, a thinnish (8mm or so)
solid wood floor in our hall (which has floorboards and leading into a
quarry tiled area.

Is it OK to lay wood over quarry tiles and if so, what type of underlay is
best?

Is it best to use a door bar to divide the two areas or is it OK to run the
flooring through?

Any recommendations on which type of floor is up to the hard wear of being
in a hall?

TIA

Steve

> We're thinking of laying a laminate or preferably, a thinnish (8mm or so)
> solid wood floor in our hall (which has floorboards and leading into a
> quarry tiled area.


We used laminate and it's moved and buckled a bit.
Next time I'll use proper wood.
TonyB

> We used laminate and it's moved and buckled a bit.

> Next time I'll use proper wood.
> TonyB


I used 15mm solid oak (composite block) of a glued laminate type. Despite
sitting around for 2 months to aclimatise it has shrunk steadily since the
day it was installed. Thats nearly 2 years now and I am faced with some
serious surgery to fill up the ends. Admittedly it is a long room (7m+) but
it was still within the manufacturers recommended limits.

I am beginning to suspect that a good quality heavy duty laminate might be
better than just wood - laminate layers will have cross graining and whilst
on cheap stuff that might cause a buckle, in good quality stuff it should
reduce shrinkage and stay stable.

I guess.

Gil

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> > We used laminate and it's moved and buckled a bit.
> > Next time I'll use proper wood.
> > TonyB
>
> I used 15mm solid oak (composite block) of a glued laminate type. Despite
> sitting around for 2 months to aclimatise it has shrunk steadily since the
> day it was installed. Thats nearly 2 years now and I am faced with some
> serious surgery to fill up the ends. Admittedly it is a long room (7m+)
but
> it was still within the manufacturers recommended limits.
>
> I am beginning to suspect that a good quality heavy duty laminate might be
> better than just wood - laminate layers will have cross graining and
whilst
> on cheap stuff that might cause a buckle, in good quality stuff it should
> reduce shrinkage and stay stable.
>
> I guess.
>
> Gil


Thanks for the replies. If you15mm has shrunk Gil, then 8mm is likely to be
even worse - especially as you let it get acclimatised for so long. Tony's
laminate buckled - now I'm completely foxed ! Great getting first hand
experiences though - I can see this is going to need a lot more
investigation.

Thanks again

Steve