SOLID WOOD FLOOR THICKNESS

[Lin & Roger]

Dear Forum

We would like to have our upstair to be layed with Solid Oak Wood Floor and have been told by the seller that the minimum thickness of the wood needs to be 14mm otherwise it will move. I have found extremely beautiful French Solid Wood (prime) but the thickness is only 10 mm. Would 10 mm thickness is fine

Also, we have layed laminate floor in the past and we are not sure how difficult it is to lay solid wood floor. Advice is much appreciated

Thanks
Lin & Roger

 

[Softus]

10mm is too thin.

 

[WoodYouLike]

10mm is too thin.

All depends, Softus. Original (main-land) parquet flooring (Tapis = same thickness as tapyt = carpet in English) is 10mm thick, but doesn't have T&G and is glued and nailed directly onto subfloor (mostly oak mosaic, industrial grade, or chipboard sheets).
After installation, the floor is sanded 3 times: once with grit 40, then with 8- and sand-dust collected to mix with woodfiller and 'plastered over the floor, also filling the little nail-holes, sanded a third time with 120 to remove all excess filler and finished with oil. If you favour lacquer then a fourth sanding is needed with grit 150.
Not an 'easy' job all in all for a DIY-er.

If the floor you have seen has T&G it needs to be glued to a subfloor, nailing isn't necessary then. Most of 10mm T&G floors are pre-finished and are as 'easy' to be installed as Melamine Laminate

 

[Lin & Roger]

Thanks all for your replies. the 10mm wood I saw does not say T&G. Does it mean that it is difficult to put down ?

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[WoodYouLike]

Thanks all for your replies. the 10mm wood I saw does not say T&G. Does it mean that it is difficult to put down ?

It means it has to be glued down and if the blocks are longer than 30cm also pinned (face-nailed with headless pins using - normally - a air nailer).
We've explained more about the works involved here