2nd May 2018
Well if anyone tells you it is easy to lay a wood floor, you have my permission to give them a smack. I approached the task with a little trepidation, having laid several in the past, this was much more challenging.
Adding adhesive changes the whole dynamic, it got everywhere, which was very frustrating.
I marked out the lines, after following advice shown on many YouTube videos, but nowhere did they prepare me for the chaos that followed.
The day started bad, I picked up the flooring adhesive, boy was that expensive. I knew something was up when they unlocked the safe where the adhesive was kept. Taking the lid off required a small charge of Semtex. Inside was a foil bag containing the adhesive, this had to be cut, and the adhesive squeezed out. This was the first time I got covered in glue. Then everything I touched was contaminated, my fingers were sticky. The next step was the spreading of the goo, and then the laying of the planks began. I thought this would be a doddle, but every new piece added meant getting covered in glue. I thought there had to be a better way, professional floorers can’t get in such a state, for me, progress was slow.
By 9.00pm I had done about a third, and the adhesive had gone off. I was not well prepared, I needed to be better organised.
I started to dry fit the planks, making all the cuts without the pressure of curing adhesive.
Suddenly things started to look much better.
Another Lifetime to go 