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How to Lay Real Wooden Floors

If you have some basic DIY knowledge, a few simple tools and a spare weekend, it can be easy to fit a new wooden floor. Read on for some expert tips from the specialists at Ajax Flooring to help you to install wooden floors London simply and effectively.

Prepare the Floorboards and Your Room

Open the boards and leave the flooring open in the room for 24 hours to allow it to acclimatise to the humidity. Remove all inward-opening doors to give yourself more room to work, before laying out the boards in the same direction as the longest straight wall.

Remove skirting boards with a crowbar: these can be replaced later with new skirting to match the material of your new floor.

Fit a High-Quality Underlay

Vacuum the floor to remove any dust before fitting an underlay. Trim the underlay to get the perfect fit for your floor, and be sure to find a specialist underlay with a built in vapour barrier if you are fitting your wooden floors London onto a concrete St Albans surface.

Fit Spacers

Spacers can help you to fit your floorboards equally, and can allow room for movement and expansion with humidity. Fit these along the longest straight wall to begin with, leaving 10-15mm for expansion.

Lay Your Floor

Ask your flooring supplier for advice on whether your floor should be nailed or glued for the best results. Lay the first row of flooring and use a try square to create a right angle at the end before cutting.

Cut around pipes by drilling a hole about 5mm larger than the diameter of the pipe. Once your floor is installed, refit your skirting boards to add the perfect finishing touch to your new surface.

If this project seems to be too much of a challenge for your DIY skills, why not let Ajax Flooring complete a high-quality installation for you? We can supply and install a wide range of real wooden floors London to quickly and effectively transform any room, so let our experienced team take the hassle out of updating your home.

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