laying wooden floor on epoxy resin covered concrete

[drewston]

I want to lay an oak floor onto concrete, but after lifting the carpet, the floor is covered in what appears to be epoxy resin (not sure if that is right, but it's black stuff similar to bitumen).

I've heard that you can glue wooden floors directly to concrete, but if has resin down is that still possible or will it interact with the adhesive?

Would it be easier just floating the floor, it is in the hallway and only around 7m square.

 

[WoodYouLike]

Much easier to install the floor floating IMHO.
For more on installing wooden floors in small area: see our article

 

[drewston]

Much easier to install the floor floating IMHO.
For more on installing wooden floors in small area: see our article

Thanks for the link to the article, very informative (pity there's no REP system on this forum). I'm glad you recommend floating floor, I didn't really want to screed it when the new carpets are already down in the rooms around the hall.