Different Methods of Timber Floor Installation Hills District over the Concrete Floors

In the past few years, the choices of the people have really transformed a lot and now most of them look to use timber floors. The current situation is that even those who have concrete flooring in their home are looking for the ways to get the wooden floor installed. Actually, there are different ways in which the experts can do this for their clients. But a lot depends upon the design, the type of floor required, the budget and depending upon these prerequisite, the experts select one of the systems that we are about to discuss below.

Before that it is important to understand that any installation work over the concrete can be started only after assessing the concrete and the level of moisture in it. Once everything is found in order, we simply start one of the following processes depending upon the specifications made by the client.

The plywood system

According to timber floor installers Hills District, this system basically works where a secret nailed Tongue And Groove floor is required. The reason is that this method achieves a cushioned effect over the concrete. This happens to be a proven and a really reliable system used in timber floor installation Hills District and involves laying a moisture barrier over the concrete base. Once this is done, the timber floor installers Sydney fix 15 MM plywood sheeting over the concrete using high tensile fixings. Then, the floor boards are nailed secretly and fully glued with the plywood and give a finished height of 34 MM for 19 MM flooring and 29 MM height for 14 MM flooring. Another important fact about this system is that it is more preferred in residences as it is a quieter floor to walk on as compared to the hollow sound of the Batten system.

The Batten system

According to the experts of timber floor installation Hills District, this system is mainly used for fixing wide board tongue & groove flooring over the concrete using a 70 MM x 35 MM hardwood batten. This batten is fixed over the moisture barrier just as we saw in the case of the plywood system. The flooring is then glued and hand-nailed through the top of the boards. According to the professionals, a 19 MM hardwood batten can also be used to secretly nail and fix an 80 MM x 19 MM Tongue & Groove floor board. According to them, this happens to be a more economical system than the one that we discussed earlier, but has the disadvantage of sounding like a beating drum while walking.

Direct glue system

In this system, the timber floor installers Sydney simply glue the tongue and groove flooring directly to the concrete slabs. But to achieve the best results, it has to be ensured that the surface is extremely even and flat. To ensure this, the timber floor installers Hills District first inspects the area where flooring has to be installed. During this inspection, they also determine the level of moisture inside the concrete floor and if it’s too high, they recommend applying a layer or two of the liquid moisture barrier. As compared to the previously discussed two methods, this one happens to be expensive and more time consuming.