Wooden floor in the bathroom

Solid wooden floors become more and more popular. Not heated simple wooden floor substitutes heated tiled floor, because it will never be cold. Until this most of peoples does not choose that kind of flooring for their bathroom. That is because lot of them had a les of information of wood physical and mechanical properties. Considering wood behaviour in to wet and opposite - dry conditions special technology has been made.

The instructions bellow should be strictly followed:

1. The room temperature should not be less than 15° C and relative humidity  45±5%.
2. The moisture content of concrete must not be greater than 1.5%. If the relative humidity of the room is less than 55%, then the concrete is dry. The moisture content of wooden subfloor must not be greater than 10%.
3. The concrete should be clean and level otherwise the floor boards will take up the contours of the substrate.
4. The finish on the concrete's surface should be robust to withstand any stresses during its use.
5. The surface of the concrete must be primed to ensure good adhesion to the floor boards and to increase the moisture insulation.
6. The floor laying should be carried out soon after the delivery of the floor boards.
7. A cross linking polyurethane adhesive (two part system) adhesive should be used, (usage 1kg/m2).
8. A gap of 4 mm should be left between the boards and filled with polymer paste. It will compensate the movement caused by shrinking ans swelling of the boards in to different conditions.
9. A gap of 10mm should be left between the board and the wall in the longitudinal direction to compensate for any expansion due changes in moisture levels. The gap is covered by the skirting board.
10. Surface coating should only be aplied when the adhesive is completely dried.
11. Surface coating should be done according to the manufacturers instructions.