Engineered Wood Flooring Methods of installation
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1. Floating floor installation Installations where the engineered wood planks are installed without a permanent connection to the subfloor, i.e. the individual flooring boards are connected only with each other, are called "floating floor installations". The flooring can move freely ("float”) on the underlay/ subfloor. Thanks to the convenient Click-technique installing Parador Engineered Wood Flooring is particularly fast and easy to do even without any previous knowledge and therefore this has become the most popular method of installation. (Industrial Design Flooring requires full surface glue down installation.) 2. All-over adhesion An alternative method of installation is "all-over adhesion". With this method a special adhesive is used to glue the entire flooring area onto the subfloor. The installation with glue is permanent, which means that disassembly/ removal is fairly complicated and time-consuming. The advantage that is offered by this installation method however is that of substantially reduced sound levels, which means that adhered floors are markedly quieter. Thanks to the AUTOMATIC-CLICK connection installing the flooring planks on a layer of adhesive is fairly straightforward. Unlike other Click-systems the flooring planks here do not require to be moved within the adhesive layer. This fact guarantees that installation is indeed mess-free, faster and easier than with conventional engineered wood floorings. Please also note the enclosed checklist on All-over adhesion. 3. Installation on subfloor heating Parador Engineered Wood Flooring is suitable for both "floating floor" and "all-over adhesion" installations on hot-water-type radiant heated substrates. The floorings’ good heat transfer resistance is the basis for efficiently operating radiant heat systems. Always use Duo-Protect as an underlay for "floating floor" installations on subfloor heating. Note: When it comes to temperature fluctuations Beech and Maple are sensitive wood types, therefore the appearance of shrinkage signs like open joints etc. cannot be completely ruled out with these. |
Engineered Wood Flooring on Duo-Protect / Mineral screed
Engineered Wood Flooring on Uno-Protect / Hardwood planks
Engineered Wood Flooring on Uno-Protect / PVC / Mineral screed
PEngineered Wood Flooring, all-over adhesion
Engineered Wood Flooring on Duo-Protect / Hot water-type subfloor heating
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