I've just started to lay some Wickes real oak tongue and groove flooring. This has 2 grooves cut on the back of the boards and uses thin metal clips to hold adjacent boards together.
This is proving very difficult to assemble. You have to clip adjacent boards together, then slide the board along so that the tongue at the end of the board engages. This causes the clips to twist and bind so that they start to climb out of the groove or pull the bottom of the boards together and the floor bulges at the top.
Has anyone got any tips for this? Is it possible to abandon the clips altogether and just glue the boards instead. Or could it be laid completly loose and rely on the cork edging strip to keep it together. Room size approx 4m x 5m.
Thanks for any advice. Kit Jackson