cold soild oak floor

Mar 06, 2006 1 Replies

Hi i've got a soild oak floor to lay on a uneven concrete/tile base ove



a 24m2 area with a wood flooring adhesive but would like to insulat under the new floor . Is it best to lay a grout (cement&water mix) to get to floor even the use 6mm insulation boards and then use a levelling compound at 3/4m over the whole area , then apply adhesive and lay floor or do grout (cement&water mix) to get to floor even then use 6mm insulatio boards and then lay 3/5mm ply or a cork underlayment over the whol area , then apply adhesive and lay floor or can i grout (cement&water mix) to get to floor even then use 6mm insulatio boards and apply adhesive directly on the insulation boards and la floor or is there a better way please help me decide the right method. many thank


-- razerindemix


I think I'd bed the insulation boards on to a wet mortar in one operation. Much easier than trying to level with a trowel. Never done it mind. A "cement/water mix" is just about useless for anything, even as a grout. 4 sand/1 cement is what you need (or pre-mixed general purpose mortar from B&Q). 1 part pva in the mix will stop the screed breaking up when you start walking on it.

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