Wooden Floor Installation | Majestic Flooring

Our flooring installation method will depend on the type of floor youve chosen solid wood, engineered, square edged, parquet or laminate flooring. It will also depend on the condition and materials of your subfloor.

The principle methods of floor installation that we use are secret nailing and gluing.

We may need to do some preparation on your subfloor, and we also install soundproofing, insulation, and damp-proofing membranes beneath your floor if it is needed. (Soundproofing is a legal requirement in flats, and damp-proofing is a necessity when laying a floor directly onto cement.)

Once weve completed laying the floor, we can seal or oil it according to the final result youre after.

The time it takes to lay a floor will vary greatly from project to project, but we know how precious time and schedules are in building projects of any nature and we pride ourselves in being efficient and meeting our pre-agreed deadlines.

We always leave your rooms clean and ready to use after any flooring installation.

Secret nailing is the traditional flooring installation method to use if you are installing a solid wood floor. Because solid wood floors expand and contract more than engineered wooden floors they need to be able to move, otherwise the floor will warp. Nailing down the planks allows for this movement.

But some solid wood floors can be glued down or floated over concrete as long as the sub floor is well prepared and the appropriate damp-proof membrane is used.

It also depends on the type of wood, and the width and thickness of the planks as to whether these alternative installation methods are suitable.

Engineered flooring is very flexible in the ways it can be installed. But the flooring installation method that you choose will be because of other factors like the state of your subfloor, the position of the room, if any type of insulation is required, or if you have underfloor heating.

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Wooden Floor Installation | Majestic Flooring