floating floor I've heard of is always in reference to laminate. Why couldn't a person float an engineered wood floor?
Many engineered wood floors can be floated. Actually most can be either glued, floated, or stapled down. If you are considering doing it, just check with the manufacturer to see what they recommend.
Ok no.1 Never glue carpet to hardwood floors. The floors will be destroyed. You only have two solutions. A- WHich I feel is the best in your circumstance is to get a large area rug or carpet to fit the room and buy non skid area rug pad. It can be bought at home depot . It is a rubber mesh that when layed under your carpet or rug hold sit in place and also protects the floor from becoming scratched with the backing of some carpets. B- Get Tackstrip which home depot also carries and nail it around the perimeter of the room with the pins or nails angled toward the walls and rent a power stretcher to attach it to the tackstrip. After removal of the carpet you will have to fill in holes that the tackstrip left with matching wood putty to keep your deposit in tact. I would go with option a if it were me. Good Luck on your decision.
Depends on the locking or tongue and groove system on the engineered flooring. The floating floor from laminate has a system that locks the boards together. A regular t&g floor will buckle with moisture/humidity changes when installed tightly without nails. The movement of the wood when you walk on it will cause separation in a loose or floating t&g floor singe the grooves are not locking. Probably a bad idea for the long run. Good luck though.
As you see some engineered woods have a locking system to make it a floating floor. You can also take a standard engineered floor and make it a floating floor by using a special ( note special ) wood glue and using it on the groove side and creating your own floating floor. Basically like the original laminates that you glued together. Why any one would do it this way when there is so many regular engineered floors that now lock. Any questions you can e mail me through my avatar. GL
