parquet

I'm laying new parquet in my house, and want to prepare for the next steps. I've got 27m2 of new oak parquet down. The supplier recommended Lecol 7500 as a filler before finishing. it's my first attempt, so I ended up with some gaps. No need to twist the knife here please, after all the hard...

Hi, looking for a bit of advice please regarding the flooring in our 1960s house. We moved in to our renovation project recently and we are looking to move the kitchen into a kitchen/diner room at the rear. After lifting the carpet/underlay in the room that will form the kitchen, we discovered...

I have put a small amount of parquet flooring down for the first time. It looks really nice, but annoyingly has a few small gaps around where the border and other pieces meet. What is the best way to fill these gaps so it is not noticable? I am reading that mixing sawdust with PVA is a big...

Evening all, I am looking to lay a reclaimed maple wood block (230x65mm) floor (herringbone pattern) on a concrete floor covered in ceramic tiles. Unfortunately it has not been possible to lift the tiles and so I'm looking for advice on best preparation/products. The floor is on the first floor...

Hi all, I have just purchased a bungalow. It's in need of a full renovation but just doing the planning now. I am wanting to install word flooring (or LVT) throughout as I think it makes a place look bigger. I have seen some really lovely parquet LVT and engineered wood floors and wondering if...

I am after some advice on what's the best adhesive to use to temporarily re-stick down loose parquet flooring to the original bitumen adhesive. it only needs to last a few weeks as i'll hopefully be moving out soon & starting a full refurb which will include new flooring, so it just needs to...

I have a bit of a new project and I'm hoping I could gather some expert tips while I'm still in the planning stages as I've seen some contradictory advice. I am moving to a new build and want to install parquet on most of the ground floor using...

Hi, all I was thinking of putting down solid oak Parquet flooring. I currently have particle board subfloor. I know I need to put overlay the floor first. My question is could I use 3.5mm - 5.5mm Plywood sheets screwed down to the particular board. or do I have to use 6mm. Also what type would I...

Hi everyone. I have a mosaic parquet floor with a fair few loose wooden fingers. I could get parquet adhesive but the smallest size tin I can get is 7kg and quite a price. Can anyone suggest a more economical solution - PVA or Evostik etc - that will OK for parquet, bearing in mind that...

Hi, I have some quarry tiles which are very firmly cement bonded, good condition and dont seem damp. I want to law some glue down solid oak Parquet over them. My plan is to level the floor using Sika self levelling compound (floor is level but to give me as perfect a surface as possible) and...

Hi all, I've just laid a reclaimed maple parquet/wood block floor and I'm in the process of sourcing filler and finish. After reading a lot my preference would be to go for Lecol 7500 and Blanchon hardwax oil. However I'm struggling to get hold of both locally in Bristol (in time for hiring the...

hi, I've got a 1950's house, it had a few small rooms on the ground floor with parquet (fairly low quality wood, badly fitted). Previous owner removed some of the walls to make the place more open plan, all good. The problem is that the rooms floors were laid individually so there are a few...

Hello all, I have some engineered wood floor to put down over a 1960's parquet floor. Not sure on if I need a DPM or not? The parquet is stuck down with Bitumen so my thought is that would provide a barrier? The parquet is solid but just showing its age and as much as I would like to...

Hi, I'm planning to install 500 x 70 x 20mm oak parquet (brick pattern) in a room with partial concrete and partial suspended timber subfloors (25mm WBP plywood). The old concrete has terrazzo tiles installed which are firmly in place but there is no DPM below the concrete. There is also a new...