Solid wood flooring, is it really this difficult?!

[LaurasOtherHalf]

anonymous said:

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Well done for taking my humorous post the way it was intended

I have no idea where you are but you need help, I've done it before where I'll give something the once over for an hour's labour. Honestly, stop the job now before they waste any more of your materials and get someone in to tell you what you need doing.

Building is easy but believe me, small errors can multiply beyond cost recognition. I've seen £50 errors cost thousands to put right.

What you've got here isn't a small error, at least if the planners insist on ripping the whole lot down you can minus the cost of this abortion off your losses as it already needs re-doing.

[neal1980]

I'm doing the same right now solid floor for the first time. Seal the subfloor then flexible adhesive...

[RichB]

LaurasOtherHalf said:

Well done for taking my humorous post the way it was intended

Hear hear...

[neal1980]

[guindilias]

Good luck with anything (heavy) on a pine floor on battens!

[KAgantua]

fking hell.

Mate...

[LeadFarmer]

This thread brings back memories of the infamous 'shed of doom' thread. Anyone remember that one?

[snowman99]

I’d stop them now, giving them one more day is just going to give you more work to undo. The battens need removing.

Solid flooring done properly might cost a bit but you’ll be ripping it up if done wrong.

[Monkeylegend]

anonymous said:

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You have got 3 pages of advice, all saying the same thing and you are going to let them carry on

[vaud]

OP "I have lots of very heavy things to lay on a largely unsupported floor"

Everyone "Stop... its completely wrong"

OP "They might fix it so I will let them carry on"

OP - Unless they rip it it up and start again you will be starting a post in a few weeks about why your gym floor is so bouncy...

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Monkeylegend said:

You have got 3 pages of advice, all saying the same thing and you are going to let them carry on

To be fair, he's admitted he paid a bricklayer for that blockwork (see other thread), I thought he'd had a bash himself!

OP where do you find your tradesmen? The Romanian car wash or a request on your local facebook Spotted page

[M4cruiser]

anonymous said:

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^^ This picture!! Oh dear, straight out of Dominic Littlewood's TV programmes, expect a call from him quite soon ... he'll come round and sort it out.

[paulrockliffe]

RichB said:

mind you did the OP say he's paying them a grand?

Pay peanuts as they say...

I did a bigger area that is 2 rooms and a hallway as one continuous lay. There were two fireplaces and a bay window to accommodate, plus two cupboards.

Took me and my Dad a weekend, so a grand sounds about right for a proper job.

We had also never done it before.....

OP, I really would just sack these off and do it yourself, it's piss easy, you'll have that down in a day. But I think I would float and glue a chipboard floor down onto your insulation to start off.

[guindilias]

OP with the quiff?

[LaurasOtherHalf]

M4cruiser said:

anonymous said:

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^^ This picture!! Oh dear, straight out of Dominic Littlewood's TV programmes, expect a call from him quite soon ... he'll come round and sort it out.

"So basically right, this dhead's going to square us up the cash, we'll give you the money back for the B&Q chopsaw and whatever slate lat's left we'll move onto the roof job we've got next week. Once you've covered your rent on the steel container for last week you'll have at least £50 left over to send back to xxxxxistan.

"Now whatever you do, make sure you don't let on you haven't done this before. If you get stuck, tell him there's been a problem with the work that went before that we need to make right so we're actually making the job right. It might take a bit extra time but tell him we'll only charge him cost for the extra work as we want everything perfect. You got it?"

"Yes boss!"

[Flibble]

I agree with the above about doing it yourself, really not that hard. You don't need a fancy hammer thing either, mine went together with a normal hammer and a block of wood.

This was the first t&g flooring I'd laid, came out alright, the bay window was a chore though.

[AAD44H]

This is a shambles, I laid a parquet floor last year and used flexible adhesive straight on to the concrete, took a while to do but its perfect. This looks awful and will no doubt break soon after especially if putting heavy gym equipment on it. I would recommend you say thanks but no thanks asap......

[bristolbaron]

anonymous said:

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Except for The guy with the £50 mitre saw, has ANYONE told you battens are a good idea? Seriously, the only ‘significant changes’ will be being a day worse off and a bit more out of pocket through wasted materials.

[Odhran]

Try shouting at them?

[Flibble]

I want pics when the gym equipment cracks the flooring between the battens.