www.firedearth.com Wood Flooring Installation Guide Fired Earth, Twyford Mill, Oxford Road, Adderbury, OX17 3SX Tel: 01295 812088 Fax: 01295 810832 www.firedearth.com © Aga Consumer Products Limited trading as Fired Earth.
Contents General Characteristics 4 Planning 7 Substrates 8 Fixing 9 Stage 1 - Preparation 9 Stage 2 - Installation 11 Important Notes All wood is hygroscopic (it will react to the moisture around and in contact with it) and as a result will expand or contract Sealing 14 Underfloor Heating 16 rectified prior to the installation of the floor Cleaning and Maintenance 17 and moisture levels in rooms fitted with Classic Oak Flooring Solid board 18 Classic Oak Flooring Engineered board acc
General Characteristics Wood flooring can be used internally in most rooms except those which are likely to get excessively wet. It is possible to use them in kitchens and bathrooms with care, but any spillages must be wiped up immediately. Bath mats etc. should not be left on the floor if they are damp. batch to batch and pack to pack. A single sample should not therefore be taken as an accurate indication of the colour of a subsequent batch.
Select will have very few and no filling, Solid Wood Board whereas Rustic will have reasonable numbers Traditionalists will be unanimous in their appreciation of our solid wood boards. In the pursuit of the purest design dream, laying these, the most traditional of boards, will profoundly resonate all that is sought after by using such a splendid natural product. As anyone who owns a solid, hardwood floor will testify, the boards mature and improve with age. and some may be filled.
Substrates All substrates must be structurally sound, flat, clean and dry. The normal tolerances are +/- 3mm over a 2.0m straight edge. Uneven floors should be levelled with Fired Earth Universal Levelling Compound or battens and packers depending on the fixing system to be used. The surface should be free of all contaminants and loose material. All possibilities of damp e.g. walls, drains, damp proof courses, plumbing, fridges, washing machines etc.
polythene 250mu sheet (Visqueen) to provide a DPM. Lay the Fired Earth Wood Underlay so joins run in the opposite direction to the timber floor. solid wood floors when fitting onto concrete floors, Sika AcouBond system can be used. The synthetic foam mat is laid onto the subfloor. Sika T52 adhesive is then applied into the preset channels within the underlay. This system also ensures that a high bond strength is achieved and is slightly ‘forgiving’ in uneven subfloors.
boards to finish. All pipes, pillars, frames etc. must be cut around to provide suitable expansion gaps. Due to natural distortion, in some instances it may be necessary to clamp or strap the boards in a suitable position, prior to secret nailing. Fully Bonded System -Scribe the first row of boards to the wall allowing for the correct expansion gap. Remove the boards and following the manufacturers recommendations, apply the correct amount of adhesive to the subfloor for a maximum of 3 rows of boards.
Prior to installation, the boards should be glued along their length to the tongues of the previous boards. Use a jemmy bar Important finishing touches! Once the floor is finished, skirting boards or Scotia’s/quadrants can be fitted to cover worked into the wood and no residues of the oil remain on the surface of the floor (approximately 15 minutes). Shake bottles to ensure a tight joint is achieved and insert wedges. the expansion gap. This can be painted or oiled depending on your preference.
over underfloor heating, solid wood boards will be subject to higher levels on movement than engineered boards. The wider the board, the higher the potential movement will be. Underfloor heating dries the boards and this can cause shrinkage. Conversely the dry boards can absorb moisture when the heating is turned off which can cause the boards to swell. As the risk of movement is so high in these boards, we do not recommend the use of Fired Earth solid wood boards with underfloor heating systems. b.
Classic Oak Flooring - Solid board Board type Technical Width Thickness Length range Finish Tongue and groove Micro bevelled edge - sides and ends End matched Filled knots Length and width of filled knots Unfilled knots Size of unfilled knots Visable sapwood Sapwood max.
Hardwood Flooring Selection - Solid board Board type Technical Width Thickness Length range Presealed Tongue and groove Micro bevelled edge - sides and ends End matched Filled knots Length and width of filled knots Unfilled knots Size of unfilled knots Visable sapwood Nature Walnut 128mm 21mm Random 1160-2360mm 128mm 21mm Random 1160-2360mm Up to 30mm Up to 30mm Up to 2mm Minimal Up to 25% of the board Shakes Shakes detail On site acclimatisa
Product Selector Soild Wood Boards Presealed Character Oak Concrete Substrate Presealed Classic Oak Engineered Boards Unsealed/Brushed Classic Oak Presealed Walnut, Cherry and Maple All 128mm Wide Boards Presealed Classic Oak Unsealed/Brushed Classic Oak Products - Fixing Products Smooth Level Concrete with DPM and 24mm batons or WBP plywood DPM sheet DPM sheet DPM sheet DPM sheet DPM sheet n/a n/a Sika Primer MB* and Sika T54 Sika Primer MB* and Sika T54 Sika Primer MB* and Sika T54 Sik
Important Notes 1. Fired Earth floors contain varying quantities of natural characteristics. Knots and sapwood will be common in some boards as will kiln checking and shakes. 2. The mixture of board lengths within orders is unspecified but will be within stated range. No guarantee will be offered for proportion of lengths with in each order. 3. Sapwood may be present in differing amounts. Wood must be checked prior to laying to ensure customer is satisfied with appearance of floor. 4.
Finishing Trims – A timber strip or quadrant which is fixed to the skirting board and used to mask the expansion joints, or a variety of boards shaped specifically to cover gaps or make up height variances. Floating Floor – Flooring which is not fixed to the structural floor surface. Fully Bonded System – The wood boards are fixed down onto a combed out bed of adhesive. Grades – Wood from a tree is hand sorted to produce floors which show natural characteristics of the growing tree.
