This is how i managed to lay my reclaimed parquet floor from a victorian school.
How to lay parquet flooring bitumen.
How to lay parquet flooring.
Installing parquet flooring from scratch is a relatively big undertaking and will usually require the old flooring to be removed first.
All substrates must be structurally sound flat and dry.
This sikabond 5500s adhesive does not require total bitumen removal.
Some adhesives can work with him but the more removed the better.
Some typical and critical information you should know about old parquet wood flooring.
Parquet wood block floors have been in high demand from the mid 1800 s.
While not being overall heavy installing parquet flooring needs some skill to complete the task successfully.
All new screed or concrete must be completely dry allow at least1 month for every inch depth of new.
A popular option for fixing them onto concrete sub floors was with the use of bitumen adhesive.
Bitumen can cause lumps if not removed while not contributing anything to the stability of the newly laid floor.
Many experienced floor fitters use this professional product for laying reclaimed parquet this is obviously very appealing as it will eliminate a lot of the clean up i need to do of the back of the blocks not the sides for the butt joints.
The subfloor needs to be examined to determine whether it is in a good enough condition for parquet blocks to be fitted on top of it.
Would be good to get your thoughts.
Laying parquet over existing solid floors.
Before even starting this i had to scrape off the black bitumen from about.
This type of adhesive had a double purpose.
What installing parquet flooring entails.
Parquet flooring installation is a theme of many parquetry tutorials.
If the parquet is reclaimed and there are traces of bitumen they must be scraped.