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Just wondered if anyone else has ever laid wooden flooring in their house. The sort that clicks together. I am thinking of doing but was wondering how hard it was.

My Da has done a few click-clac floors. Appears easy enough.. you just need to be good with the jixsaw. But remember, when you buy the flooring, leave them sitting flat in the room you intend to lay them in for a day or so. The boards need to settle into the room temperature.

This item was edited on Wednesday, 15th October 2003, 12:04

It`s best imo to overlay the original floor with hardboard. In that way you tend to "iron out" the bumps, but make sure you drive the panel pins below the surface of the hardboard.

PS. You may find that kneepads help, as it`s sometimes a bit hard on the knees.

JohnF

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This item was edited on Wednesday, 15th October 2003, 12:11

If you`re semi-competent at basic diy you should be fine. I did it a few years ago with the old style boards that you had to glue together, and even that wasn`t too tricky. Most places that sell you the boards will supply clear instructions - stick to them and you shouldn`t go too far wrong!

It`s worth splashing out on an electric jigsaw if you haven`t already got one.

better than hardboard - get yourself some good insulating underlay. We got some when we did ours that stop the floor getting too cold.

Laying click floring is a piece of p155. Underlay is definately the way to go - as well as being insulating, it`s more forgiving than hardboard. Make sure the floor is perfectly flat, though, and make sure there are no nailheads sticking up etc.

Buy a fitting kit from wherever you get your floring from. You`ll get some spacers, a block to hammer against so you don`t damage the edge of the floring, and a funny half-swastika-shaped tool for knocking the last few boards together. The spacers are essential for around the edge of the room - you need to leave a gap (1-2cm) all the way around the edge to allow the floor to expand; if you don`t, the floor will buckle when the weather gets hot.

Have fun!

I recently installed real wood floor in my bedroom and it wasnt that hard really. There was however glue involved and sometimes it was difficult and I have a few minor 1mm -2mm gaps left. Still looks great and it is worth doing it. I had wooden flooring underlay put down first before i started with the actual flooring. Like its been said, u need a steady hand for the jigsaw.

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I`d strongly advise you to leave any wood in the room for at least 2 to 3 weeks in order for the moisture content to drop to a suitable level and also leave a 5-10 mm gap around the outside of the floor (i.e. under skirting if possible) to allow for expansion. Also, I`d recommend some sound insulation especially if you`re going to be flooring upstairs... other than that it`s piece of p***... ;-)

...just read Shaun P`s advice and I appear to have repeated exactly what he says... great minds...

This item was edited on Wednesday, 15th October 2003, 15:28

This is probably a very, very dull question, but is this `wooden` flooring the same as `laminate` flooring?

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