hello guys new to this site need a bit of info .I want to lay solid wood floor down in the hall of my house .it has a concrete floor with a dpm some sort of bitumen I think .i have been told conflicting methods for laying some say you must stick down to floor others say is ok to use under lay and glue the t/g and then float .the area isn't that wide 2 metres at door entry then a metre wide the rest .cheers alan
A solid should be stuck direct to screed, scrape screed back to a nice clean subfloor then take moisture test and prep according to results but be carefull when sticking direct to a screed the strength og the latex screed you out diwn needs to be above a certain strength someone should be along I a but and advise I the correct strength to use
If its solid you should stick it down. A floated solid floor never feels great. Problem is the bitumen on the floor. Why don't you use engineered wood instead and then you can float it?
engineered is your best bet, if the bitumen is your dpm the concrete will need digging up and replacing with a working sheet dpm if fitting a solid wood because they do need bonding direct to subfloor
Hi If you really want to fit a solid floor over what you describe then use 1000g polythene as your DPM if skirting are off let this up the walls 2 to 3 inches and you can use elastilon underlay to lay your floor.
