Advice on engineering oak floor

[timbowkett]

hi all I have a new project I am starting and need some advice, my mrs has decided she would like oak flooring (engineered) through the downstairs of the house, she does not want any thresholds so continuous from hall way to living room to kitchen , the kitchen is a tiled floor, the hall and living room have pine boards, the questions I have are, I am not sure if I should pull the tiles up or leave them down and float or glue over them?and should I glue or hidden nail the boards into the pine flooring? As the kitchen is a different material not sure on best way to attack it,

 

[EddieM]

hi all I have a new project I am starting and need some advice, my mrs has decided she would like oak flooring (engineered) through the downstairs of the house, she does not want any thresholds so continuous from hall way to living room to kitchen , the kitchen is a tiled floor, the hall and living room have pine boards, the questions I have are, I am not sure if I should pull the tiles up or leave them down and float or glue over them?and should I glue or hidden nail the boards into the pine flooring? As the kitchen is a different material not sure on best way to attack it,

Realistically you're gonna need a threshold strip.

 

[SpecialK]

What about karndean etc if you want it to flow throughout?

 

[timbowkett]

Thanks for the reply’s guys, EddieM Why would realistically we need one is it because of the 2 different fixing methods, if say I glued it right through, or floated it would we still need thresholds? SpecialK she likes the feel of real wood would have to have a good thickness of oak

 

[foxhole]

You need threshold strips at doorways to allow for expansion .
Not a great choice for kitchen .

 

[crazydaze]

You can run the engineered throughout, but, be prepared should there be movement to fit door threshold strips if necerssary. If fitting right through, work on the principle that the subfloor throughout needs to be at the same level. Its always best to work as close as possible with the original subfloor, treated if required with levelleing product to suit rather than layer on layer of different flooring.