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Hi all
further to my previous post
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I now find myself in planning to fit solid oak planks approx 120mm wide 18mm thick.
Due to the glue in the T&G the only viable way was to cut off the tongues and sand down groove edges to remove excess glue.
This means I can no longer float the floor.
As its a home office/summerhouse it doesnt have to be perfect.
The summerhouse is 3m x 2.3m
The floor is 18mm osb which is very level.
My original thoughts were to lay some polystyrene sheet type of underlay (as I have it) and fit the planks starting at the entrance (longest wall) and work towards the back.
I was intending to leave 8mm gap around the edges (but will change that to 10mm unless the moisture is below 6%, in which case I will increase it) and put a spacer of about 0.5mm between the planks both length and width.
As I cant secret nail I was just going to go through the face of the planks with a nail gun (16g d head)
Once installed I will then sand down and re varnish
Does this sound ok? or a complete nightmare?
Thanks in advance
further to my previous post
Tongue and groove solid oak flooring in summerhouse.
Hi All I have managed to buy some second hand oak tongue and groove flooring for my summerhouse. It has previously been glued and taken apart so there is a bit of damage on some of the tongues and grooves. As said it it in the summerhouse (3m x2.5m) so it doesnt have to be perfect. It will be...
www.diynot.com
I now find myself in planning to fit solid oak planks approx 120mm wide 18mm thick.
Due to the glue in the T&G the only viable way was to cut off the tongues and sand down groove edges to remove excess glue.
This means I can no longer float the floor.
As its a home office/summerhouse it doesnt have to be perfect.
The summerhouse is 3m x 2.3m
The floor is 18mm osb which is very level.
My original thoughts were to lay some polystyrene sheet type of underlay (as I have it) and fit the planks starting at the entrance (longest wall) and work towards the back.
I was intending to leave 8mm gap around the edges (but will change that to 10mm unless the moisture is below 6%, in which case I will increase it) and put a spacer of about 0.5mm between the planks both length and width.
As I cant secret nail I was just going to go through the face of the planks with a nail gun (16g d head)
Once installed I will then sand down and re varnish
Does this sound ok? or a complete nightmare?
Thanks in advance
