Underlay between chip board and solid oak flooring

[Courtyboy]

Hi, I'm sure this has been asked a million times - I have had a scan though. So apologies in advance.

I'm laying solid oak boards on top of a chip board floor. I've bought the silver lined foam underlay with vapour barrier (see homebase link below), but I have a nagging doubt that I've bought the wrong stuff for putting on top of chip board.

Should I have bought the fibre board stuff instead? Can the vapour barrier cause problems with the chip board? Unfortunately the blurb on the product doesn't mention anything about where it is/isn't suitable.

Thanks in advance for your help. Rather double check now, than have a lot of £ worth of wood go skew-if later.


http://www.homebase.co.uk/webapp/wc...&partNumber=1630864&Trail=searchtext>UNDERLAY

 

[WoodYouLike]

Fibreboards are a pain! And indeed you should not use a underlayment that contains a DPM on chipboard.
Find some regular foam underlayment (3mm)

 

[Courtyboy]

Cool - thanks for the help.