bjoerngiesler
2012-07-11 15:11:06
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Hello everyone,
after receiving the cost estimate from the parquet dealer/installer for the current house project and nearly falling off my chair, I am seriously considering laying the parquet myself (ground floor 4mm oak, rest oak veneer parquet). Saves at least €20 per square meter, which I would much rather invest in the bathroom fittings :-)
At least on the ground floor, possibly also upstairs, I will glue down the parquet, for various reasons: impact sound and underfloor heating, for example. Above all, my wife vetoed the aluminum cover strips, which are apparently needed on all door thresholds with floating installation. With gluing, silicone joints are apparently sufficient.
I have the following questions where I ask for your help and tips:
Many thanks in advance for your help!
Best regards, Björn
after receiving the cost estimate from the parquet dealer/installer for the current house project and nearly falling off my chair, I am seriously considering laying the parquet myself (ground floor 4mm oak, rest oak veneer parquet). Saves at least €20 per square meter, which I would much rather invest in the bathroom fittings :-)
At least on the ground floor, possibly also upstairs, I will glue down the parquet, for various reasons: impact sound and underfloor heating, for example. Above all, my wife vetoed the aluminum cover strips, which are apparently needed on all door thresholds with floating installation. With gluing, silicone joints are apparently sufficient.
I have the following questions where I ask for your help and tips:
[*]How difficult is it really to glue down parquet? I have often read that it is quite easy, but just as often that only professionals can do it... A video I saw suggests that amateurs can do it too. I am now a bit unsure. I consider myself a pretty good DIYer, with a laser measuring device, chalk line and circular saw I should manage... what are your experiences?
[*]We have doors running at an angle to the floor plan and accordingly angled screed joints between two rooms where parquet is to be laid. A silicone joint must be inserted in the parquet on the screed joint between these rooms, so the parquet must be cut very straight there so that the edge is neat. How does one do that? Lay roughly first and then cut from above with the miter saw? Lay continuously first and then mill the joint in? Start the installation at the joint? ...
Many thanks in advance for your help!
Best regards, Björn