How To Lay Reclaimed Oak Parquet Flooring

All substrates must be structurally sound flat and dry.

How to lay reclaimed oak parquet flooring.

Sub floor preparation is key if you want to install reclaimed parquet successfully. Parquet blocks can be laid on numerous solid substrates such as concrete dry screed self levelling compound or flooring grade plywood or chipboard but never directly onto floorboards. Example installation from essex. All new screed or concrete must be completely dry allow at least1 month for every inch depth of new.

Laying parquet over existing solid floors. Before even starting this i had to scrape off the black bitumen from about. Laying reclaimed parquet flooringas with most things when you know how to do it and have the right tools and materials fitting reclaimed parquet woodblock flooring is relatively simple process we appreciate that sometimes customers can feel a little daunted with the thought of putting down reclaimed parquet woodblock flooring all these little pieces of timber arrive and its difficult to. The wood block is beech with a panga panga border for those who like the colours.

Details on floor installation. Parquet can be laid onto a screed or concrete. Solid parquet wood floors can be installed successfully above grade level or on grade but are not recommended for installation below grade. So take a look at us laying our first reclaimed parquet floor on the time lapse film below.

The installation of parquet flooring however is not as easy as some other types of wood floors. This is how i managed to lay my reclaimed parquet floor from a victorian school.