Engineered Herringbone Installation Guide

Introduction

This guide will give you basic advice on how to layout and install engineered parquet blocks in a herringbone pattern.

Our parquet is bevelled on all 4 sides and is pre-finished, some minor edge touching up may be required. The sub-floor must be correctly prepared and must be fully level, dry and primed.

Herringbone is supplied with left and right tongues.

Prepare for the installation.

Ensure the site conditions and sub-floor are prepared and the flooring has been fully acclimatised, as per the Original Timber Installation guidelines.

Start the first row in a herringbone fashion. It is important to be precise with a herringbone installation, ensuring the first row is correctly positioned and square. This is a professional product and skilled installers should be used.

Herringbone installations should always be started at a centre point and to avoid constant movement and repositioning during the installation, it is easier to start from a fixed point. An initial row should be laid, fully bonded and allowed to cure. This row is then used to install the rest of the floor.

The following installation method makes use of a square template to help set the first row. The template can be made from pieces of plywood with sides equal to or larger than the lengths of the blocks. Make sure the square is true and the diagonals of the square are of equal length. Once correctly positioned and screwed to the sub-floor, the square template will provide a solid start point making it easier to move the blocks into position without gaps opening up. Plan the direction of the herringbone pattern - usually this will follow the length of the room.

If you are unsure of any of the above, please contact Timberflor Ltd on 01892 836006.

Tips: It is good practise to loose lay the first row to make sure you are happy with the orientation guide line and placement of the square template. It is also important to shuffle the blocks or packs to ensure balanced variation.

Tumbled Blocks

Due to the tumbling process, there will be the occasional block where the edges have been heavily tumbled resulting in the tongue of the block being visible after installation. With this in mind, we recommend a touch up pot of the stain is purchased with each order for any tongues which may need staining during or after installation. We would also recommend that following installation, each floor receives a maintenance coat to add lustre and longevity to the finish.

Adhesive

Timberflor Ltd recommends:

Rewmar MS Polymer

OR

Lecol 5500 solvent adhesive

You could use either a 3mm or 6mm trowel – this will depend upon the surface smoothness. If it’s smooth (eg plywood, newly levelled floor) then a 3mm trowel should be sufficient. If not, then a 6mm trowel would be advised to ensure enough adhesive is applied.

Please refer to our full installation recommendations for all other information regarding underfloor heating, after care and warranty.