Questions about overlay solid timber flooring

[skidave]

HI all,

I'm reaching the end of my reno and have a few questions about an overlay floor.
I am looking at 130x14mm solid Tas Oak, laid over yellow tongue board.

1. Should I glue and secret nail?
2. The floor will be running into a tiled surface which is roughly 15mm higher than the yellow tongue. Should I instead opt for 19mm overlay and sand down to be level, or should I instead use a cork or other underlay to bring the 14mm up to the height (or would the glue make this 1mm difference up anyway)?

Cheers!

[droog]

I would glue and secret nail for a solid finished result.
A 1 mm difference in surface height is not even worth spending time on, have you considered the effect of the finish that you are applying to the timber? That may take up a little of the 1 mm difference.

[havabeer69]

as per droogs comment, is the flooring going to be 1mm off the tile height... or 15mm off the tile height?


if 1mm don't do anything
for 15mm I'd just put a piece of quad trim against the tiles to hide the step

[skidave]

Thanks guys, sounds good.

[skidave]

As it turns out, the mills are only really running Tas Oak in 12mm thick now, so this is going to potentially leave me with 3mm.
Would it be ok to use a 3mm cork underlay between the yellow tongue and the overlay flooring to take up the gap?
Or should I just ramp the glue/something else to the tile edge?

[droog]

As it turns out, the mills are only really running Tas Oak in 12mm thick now, so this is going to potentially leave me with 3mm.
Would it be ok to use a 3mm cork underlay between the yellow tongue and the overlay flooring to take up the gap?
Or should I just ramp the glue/something else to the tile edge?

Our tiled floors are 5mm FFL above the timber overlay, never noticed it or caused any issues. A 15mm difference would be a different story.

I think you are over thinking it.