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Many solid and engineered floors can be laid using wood flooring adhesive. . There are two main techniques for installing using adhesive, which will both be explained. Please remember that solid floors should always be glued down, not using the floating method.

Floating Floor Method

Gluing the tongues and grooves of the floor together does the floating floor method of fixing the wooden floor. This creates a new floor, which is “floating” over the original floor. Engineered floors can be floated over any solid sub floor and it is the preferred method for laying engineered floors.

It is a good option when the sub floor moisture content is unknown, because a damp proof membrane can be used between the floor and sub-floor to prevent moisture rising into the new flooring. When floating a floor, an underlay must be used to cancel the effect of any echo and also provide a leveling effect to the sub-floor.

This echo is caused by the two hard surfaces together which have a space between them. The noise echoes in this void. The purpose of underlay is to prevent any echo, as the two hard surfaces will not be adjacent with each other. The choice of underlay is huge for use when floating the floor all of which are adequate.

A good quality underlay is advised, as this ensures there is less sound echo from foot traffic. Generally the denser an underlay the less noise!

To float the floor:

There are numerous baths available for you to choose from and they come in various shapes and sizes, which may make it difficult for you to choose your bathtub. However, one of the most popular baths today is the acrylic bath. There are many benefits of purchasing acrylic baths. This type of bathtub is very versatile and easy to maintain. That is why more and more people are buying baths made from acrylic. The following points are just some of the main features of an acrylic bath that you are sure to benefit from.

Acrylic baths are constructed using a sheet of vacuum moulded acrylic. The internal structure of these baths is reinforced with steel like strength fibre glass. As the chemical composition of acrylic is similar to plastics, an acrylic bath is a lightweight option. Should you ever want to redesign your bathroom, acrylic baths are easier to move around. Although acrylic baths are lightweight, they are very durable and strong. The durability of acrylic baths is due to the fibre glass that reinforces the external shell of the tub. Essentially, you will get two valuable benefits from acrylic baths. They are lightweight but at the same time very strong.

An excellent feature of the acrylic bath is that the colour will not fade. Acrylic tubs are manufactured using colour fast techniques. This means the acrylic raw material has its natural colouring at the start of the manufacturing process. The colours of the baths therefore are embedded through the acrylic and not painted on its exterior. That is why it is almost impossible for acrylic baths to fade because they do not have external paints. Due to the colour fast process, the hue and tint of an acrylic bath will be equally distributed. This makes acrylic baths extremely attractive and very elegant.