What goes under the solid wood flooring?
Solid wood floors are normally fixed directly to the subfloor by gluing or nailing. Engineered and bamboo floors can also be fitted like this too. There is no need for underlay in these types of floors. However sometimes it may be a good idea to put down tar paper or moistop film over existing floorboards if there is a risk of moisture passing from your old floor to your new one (nailed installations only) If you want your new floor boards to run in the same direction as the existing boards it’s wise to use sheets of ply nailed to your floorboards first. There are certain solid woods that can be floated over the underlays described on the previous page. These woods are machined with locking systems like laminates or use steel clips to join them together. They do not glue tongue into groove. Any solid wood can be fitted “floating” using elastilon (a sticky foam underlay Back to top 15. I want some black laminate flooring 16.
