Laying a wood floor what adhesive?

You don't want to let it float, you need to use a flexible adhesive that allows movement but also holds it down. Lumber jack do the adhesive. You just trowel it down and lay the floor onto it as per laying tiles.
I've used it on a few solid oak floors fitted and works best.
Floor needs to be as level and clean as possible saves money long term as it'll use less adhesive. Don't lay it on the tiles as if it wants to move and lift it'll just rip the tiles up!
If it's the peak oak floor I've fitted before it'll need a floor sander to clean in up before sealing, best floor oil is osmo.

 

What @Colin says. Remember the old school gym/hall all that lovely parquet flooring well that would of been stuck with a bitumen glue and never move and inch.

 

Never used it but the Lumberjack 650 looks OK

An alternative to oil is Rustins Plastic coating F, really fast drying and very hard wearing

 

Don't forget you can't rush it the wood will need to sit I'm the house/room for a few days to acclimatise.

 

I used a double sided sticky foam underlay to stick an oak floor to wood floor. Was a bitch but worked well.

 

the marley tiles are your damproofing...

how do they install it at work....?

 

Check out the Bona site for finishes as well, we used to use a water based two pack lacquer on the pub floors and its great stuff, chucks up a bit but quite quick to dry. Remember, Its all in the preparation pet.

 

Just be careful if you remove the old Marley tiles as the old one 70s and before used to contain asbestos and they have to be disposed of properly also the old bitchamen contains asbestos as well and will need to be sealed with a self leveling cement to contain it,
Have fun,
Steve

 

crap this sounds hard.... wish it was just laminate! there's over a grands worth of floor here...... anyone fancy a swap lol

 

this sounds within my limits lol

 

i was gonna use gripfil before this thread

 

It should burn nice, stick it on the fire.

 

i'm gonna wait until xmas is over gut the front room and "live" in the spare room until i do it, need to take skirting off 1st i suppose to do it right.

 

Sell the solid oak and put the money towards engineered click together stuff. It's just like laying laminate.

 

must admit that makes more sense really

 

Maybe you could build a shed with it or , a coffin or two , go for good money oak coffins or get a good flooring company to lay it ,it will pay in the end and look better too

 

We

just did a click fit solid Oak floor from B&Q, bought when on offer. Looks nice down. For the plain T&G, they have an adhesive underlay.

 

you'd 'secret nail' it through the 'tongue' on an angle towards the plank, right in the corner between the tongue and the upright....1 1/2 inch 'ring shank' lost heads punched flush.
turn each nail over and tap the sharp end first.....

 

what's under the floor tiles @rickyrooo1 ?

http://www.nationaltoolhireshops.co.uk/product/floor-nailer-portanailer-for-hire/

I've done about eight solid timber floors in a past life....^^^are well worth hiring

 

Where's that flooring from ? If it's a b&q job u are meant to glue it and strap it up doing a bit at a time .