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Tips Before You Start Installing Wood Flooring

Wood is an attractive and hard-wearing option. Imitation wood floors are broadly referred to as laminate floors.

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Tips Before You Start Installing Wood Flooring

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  1. Tips Before You Start Installing Wood Flooring Wood is an attractive and hard-wearing option. Imitation wood floors are broadly referred to as laminate floors. Real wood is more expensive, but gives a higher-quality finish. 

  2. LAYING A WOODEN FLOOR Do not lay wood or laminate where humidity will be high unless the manufacturer states that it is suitable. Wood can be laid on most subfloors that are level and in good condition. TECHNIQUE Most wooden flooring is laid "floating" (not attached to the subfloor). This allows some movement in the wood, aided by expansion gaps at the edge filled with cork and/or hidden by moldings. Plan ahead, considering any fixtures that will need boards to be cut to fit around them, and avoid awkward slivers. Try not to attach permanent fixtures to or through a floating floor, which could restrict its movement or cause cracks to appear.

  3. TOOLS Plastic WedgesUsed around the edge of the flooring, to keep the expansion gap a consistent width. Pry Bar  Used in fitting end sections of floor, if space is too tight to use a hammer and/or knocking block. Knocking BlockProtects the edge of a laminate or wooden board when being positioned. Ratchet Floor Clamp Used to tighten joints when laying a floating floor.

  4. MATERIALS Clip-Together BoardReal wooden flooring with clip-together joints. Laminate BoardWood-effect flooring connected by tongue- and-groove. Tongue-and-Groove Wooden BoardReal wooden flooring with tongue-and-groove fitting. Pipe CoverDecorative cover to give clean finish at the base of pipe.

  5. MATERIALS Edge BeadsMolding to cover expansion gaps around the edges of a floor. Cork StripFills expansion gap. Needed only if manufacturer calls for it. Roll UnderlaymentThin material positioned below floating floors. Sheet Underlayment Thick material supplied in small boards or sheets for use below floating floors.

  6. Contact Us www.www.peakflooring.uk info@peakflooring.uk 0800 12 23 115 15 Roebuck Gate, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG2 8DP

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