laying a wooden floor

[michaela]

I want to lay a real wood floor in my lounge. The floor has floorboards through most of it however it has been extended and the extended bit of floor is concrete, how would I go about laying a new wooden floor? would I need to break the concrete up so the floor would be level?. I don't want to have a 'step-up' to this area as the room is already quite small. Any suggestions. Thanks in advance

 

[WoodYouLike]

For a proper installation (for any kind of installing method) it's preferable to have only one kind of underfloor. You have two. Simplest solution is to install hardboard first, diagonal placed to cover all gaps in floorboards.

 

[michaela]

Thanks for that info. As my kitchen is next door to my lounge will that mean that I my lounge floor will be slightly higher that the kitchen floor?. My plan is also to put wood in the hall, as this floor also adjoins the kitchen I will have the same trouble there.

 

[WoodYouLike]

What's on the kitchen floor? Or do you plan to install wood there also?

Hardboard is 3mm, plus underlayment (2mm foam?), plus the thickness of the wood (14 or 20mm?) You can install a reducer or ramp in the doorways to cover the height differences.

We recommend all rooms to be installed separately, installing thresholds (twins, reducers, ramps or ends). Since all rooms have there own climate/temperature the flooring in the rooms will react differently to changes in temp or humidity (Specially hallways, which are normally colder).

See here for samples of thresholds.

 

[michaela]

thanks for all your help woodulike. The kitchen floor at present has lino although I will be putting ceramic tiles on it. I suppose this will raise the floor slightly anyway?. I've just had a look at your website. I see what you mean by reducers. Would I be better off with the thinner boards(like the super6) as I don't want to raise the height too much? I don't want a shiny 'laminated' look as the house is quite old.

 

[WoodYouLike]

Super6 has a sold top layer of 6mm on a backing of 15mm, making the total thickness 21mm.
Perhaps you're better of (heightwise) with standard Wood-Engineered (14-15mm, with 3.6mm solid top layer) or Wood-Veneer (8mm, with solid top layer of 0.6mm)?