Pre Finished Wood Floor Glue-Down Odor
melanie1121
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Glue down vs. Nail down wood flooring. Advice needed.
Comments (2)One option to consider is cork flooring. Have you thought about this? It's eco-friendly and about the same price as regular hard wood floors with labor included (although it is easy to do yourself I think). I personally have not had it done but have heard great things. This site has some cork flooring reviews if you're interested. Here is a link that might be useful: Viewpoints Cork Flooring Reviews...See MoreHow are your pre-finished wood floors holding up?
Comments (9)If you see wear on your wood floor after two years, it's time to recoat it, not refinish it. You only get so many resandings. As your kids grow they should get a little more responsible and be easier on the floor. You should evaluate why you have so much wear so you can extend time between recoating. Sand is often the culprit. When I look at floors with wear issues I run my hand across the floor to see if it's clean. Do you have dogs that come in the house after laying in dirt? Do you have mats inside and outside each entry door? How often do you vacuum to remove sand? What do you clean the floor with? Installing new hand scraped factory finished floor would be expensive and would only buy you a little extra time. Once it's scuffed and scratched you'll have to recoat it. Then you'll be in the same boat you're in now. You say you got Swedish finish. Is this Swedish finish as in acid curing urethane, or as in waterborne urethane? If you got waterborne urethane (and you've been maintaining your floor correctly) you could have the floor recoated with a more durable finish like oil-modified polyurethane. You could possibly do one room as a test first. Refinishing your existing floor and staining it dark will not lessen the appearance of dings and dents. For people in your situation I usually recommend they soldier through, maintain their existing floor until the kids get to a certain age (like college age) then have the floors done the way YOU want them....See MoreCan you glue down a click-n-lock engineered wood floor?
Comments (7)Although not in any way 'necessary' due to the self-interlocking nature of the click system. (In fact that was why it was developed) However, there is absolutely no reason I can ascertain why the click systems can't also be nailed or glued down to the substrate if desired just like an engineered T+G system if one likes the totally solid feel underfoot. Solid wood flooring is nailed or glued down to try to limit its thermal movement. Engineered flooring is in fact cross plyed layers of wood anyway which are all glued to each other to enhance stability. So fixing it again down to the substrate rather than installing in a floating way would have no adverse effects. It would be in no way any messier (as suggested by user floorguy) than any other system ! It is all in the skill of the installer. Not all DIYers are hacks after all. Infact they can do a better/neater job than a pro as they are not conscience of the time to finish and move on to the next job. But like i said, it rather goes against the point of the system BUT can be done if required. Achitect...See Moreremoving glue down wood flooring
Comments (6)Laurie, Thanks for the help, I'll look into renting something like that once I get the flooring up. When I'm finished, I will be replacing the flooring with Floating wood floor. I have used this in both my houses and I really like them. Very easy to install and I would think very easy to remove. You will hear a lot of people say it should hollow when walking on them but I haven't noticed that. When the room is fisrt done, it does have a hollow feeling when walking on it but after everything get put back on the floor it's fine. I would also spend the money on the more expensive stuff and not that stuff selling for under $1 SQFT. MY SOLUTION: I'm using a floor/wood chisel and 2.5 pound sledge hammer, floor is coming up but it's slow work. I'm about 1/3 done and I've got 3-4 hour into it so far. My room is about 12X15, maybe a little bigger....See Morefloorguy
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