Plank on Ply Floor Installation

Hi BKEL, Are you installing Uniwood 220 wide american oak prefinished. What type did you end up with. I am very familur with 220 wide board. and its a dream to install. Fasten the ply down with 50mm spikes from Powers fasteners. Maxcim have a simular type called a splitz anchor. Predrill through the ply and into the concrete using a 6.5mm Masonry bit. 15 fasteners per sheet. them secret nail the flooring on top. Use a 6mm bead of flooring adhesive 300mm apart as well as the nailing.

Originally Posted by Larry McCully

Hi BKEL, Are you installing Uniwood 220 wide american oak prefinished. What type did you end up with. I am very familur with 220 wide board. and its a dream to install. Fasten the ply down with 50mm spikes from Powers fasteners. Maxcim have a simular type called a splitz anchor. Predrill through the ply and into the concrete using a 6.5mm Masonry bit. 15 fasteners per sheet. them secret nail the flooring on top. Use a 6mm bead of flooring adhesive 300mm apart as well as the nailing.

Thanks Larry. We are actually buying prefinjshed European oak. The grey colour from havwoods.

The supplier said that we could not secret nail due to the width of the boards. Only adhesive fix. Have you secret nailed with boards this wide in the past?

I was worried that all those anchors wouldn't be good for the suspended slab? We are on the first floor of an apartment.

Cheers

Ben