This article provides an overview of the installation of solid timber strip flooring over bearers and joists timber based sheet flooring products and concrete slabs.
Timber strip flooring installation.
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Do have the building completely closed in before laying flooring.
Timber flooring solid strip timber flooring can be fixed direct to joists to sheet subfloors of particleboard or plywood over joists plywood or battens over concrete slabs and in some locations direct fixing to the concrete slab is common.
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It is manufactured with a tongue and groove profile that is also end matched for a tight board to board fit.
Do check the moisture content of sub structure and the flooring before laying.
Strip flooring will always move slightly between boards as the ambient conditions of the surrounding environment change.
So to produce a successful timber floor the timber needs to be installed at the correct moisture content changes in the ambient conditions controlled and any movement accommodated.
09 timber flooring design guide page 4 introduction scope this publication provides a reference guide for the installation of solid timber strip flooring over bearers and joists timber based sheet flooring products and concrete slabs.
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Do leave a 10 mm gap around the perimeter of the timber floor to accommodate movement.
Generally floors of this type are of solid timber or a laminated product made from layers of timber.
For instance solid hardwood flooring is typically nailed down during installation while tongue and groove engineered flooring is usually clicked together or completely glued down.
The type of installation you choose will depend on your subfloor budget lifestyle and the type of wood flooring you select.
The traditional timber floor is renowned for its strength durability and character.
Do handle boards carefully.
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Do cramp the boards.
Boral overlay is a non structural solid hardwood tongue and groove strip flooring profile designed to be installed over a solid structural subfloor.
It is precision milled to either 80mm or 130mm wide.
Do not pre lay timber strip flooring.