Thread: Glue down engineered flooring

Use a staple or fixing gun and secret nail it in place

Originally Posted by Beardy

Use a staple or fixing gun and secret nail it in place

Thank you for the suggestion, however the manufacturer states that using nails or staples will void the warranty.

Unfortunately they don't suggest a method for passive weighting during dying time

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How about water.
In whatever containers you can scrounge of course.
H.

I did mine floating so cant really advise on using glue. I did look at a couple of clips and they did not weigh things down.
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After looking at those it looks a lot more work than just floating. My floor has been down 2 years now there are no issues with floating. Either way its done the the existing floor prep still has to be level.
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John

Sounds like a very hard job . Google says that glue takes 24 hours to dry ! Can you change the glue?

Ive thought about this before . Id be thinking Poly glue would be great . Its water proof when done and you can buy it in different setting times.
The 15 minute stuff is what I use gluing down Parquetry on table tops. While the first pressing is setting I spend the time fitting the second set getting it ready .

How could you possibly glue down a house worth with a glue that takes 24 hours and its worse in cold weather.
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Buckets of sand could be risky?
Bags of sand (Wet?) may be less likely to end up with sand on your floor .
Sealed in a plastic bag then a hessian bag ?

Rob

Just float it. A slow set glue is a nightmare on thin flooring, particularly in winter. You will spend more time trying to weight it down than you will laying it.

Based upon the engineered flooring that I got suckered into having installed.
Use something else.
But we are at a different juncture. The only thing that I can suggest is to put talcum powder in the groove of the tongue and groove. This will reduce the squeaks and snaps after the install.

Mine was nailed through the groove with a nail gun designed for the purpose.

Originally Posted by Thylacene

Thank you for the suggestion, however the manufacturer states that using nails or staples will void the warranty.

Unfortunately they don't suggest a method for passive weighting during dying time

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I have done a number of jobs with it and you will find that the glue will give quite a bit of suction and hold itself down but still need the odd pin here or there.
Warranty pffft ! They will always come up with a reason do dodge a warranty.

If you really prefer to stick with their guidelines you could lay a section and then lay some timbers across them and put whatever you have that is heavy on them.
You will find it won’t need much. If you intend on fitting a skirting tack a timber battern on the perimeter to hold it nice and flat for when you fit the skirting later

If you’re spreading the glue with a 5 mm notched trowel it will grab quicker than you can put weight on it, all I’ve ever used to hold it down is gravity. For knocking it together I made some blocks out of nylon(hardwood would do) and put a ‘d’ handle on top and some button head screws underneath,to keep it up off the glue.