i am in the middle of a new build and am looking for advice.
on the ground floor i was going to get the finished floors poured at different levels to allow for fixing battens underneath the solid wood floors in some rooms.
i have since been told that "everyone" now is pouring the whole ground floor at the same level and the laying tiles or wooden floors directly on top.
For the rooms with wooden floors this will mean that the wood is just laid as a floating floor, i think with a thin layer of material underneath.
my question is, in the past for wooden floors a damp course layer and battens would have been put down on top of the finished floor and the solid floor fitted to the battens (presumably to prevent damp from rising and to allow air to circulate under the floorboards).
why is it now ok to lay the wooden floors directly on the finished floor?
is the underlay being used good enough to provide damp protection and also allow the timber to breath?
thanks.
on the ground floor i was going to get the finished floors poured at different levels to allow for fixing battens underneath the solid wood floors in some rooms.
i have since been told that "everyone" now is pouring the whole ground floor at the same level and the laying tiles or wooden floors directly on top.
For the rooms with wooden floors this will mean that the wood is just laid as a floating floor, i think with a thin layer of material underneath.
my question is, in the past for wooden floors a damp course layer and battens would have been put down on top of the finished floor and the solid floor fitted to the battens (presumably to prevent damp from rising and to allow air to circulate under the floorboards).
why is it now ok to lay the wooden floors directly on the finished floor?
is the underlay being used good enough to provide damp protection and also allow the timber to breath?
thanks.