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Carpets, Lino & Flooring

Herringbone without left and right side planks?

Anonymous user 16/03/2024 - 2.41 PM

I have received my Herringbone T&G floor. All planks are identical and have 3 grooves and one tongue on one of the long side. There are no left and right side planks. This means that one of the short edge never fits in a tongue. I have been told that the floor glue would keep everything down and there was no issue. Is this correct that sometimes there is no left and right planks? Alternatively, should I use some false tongue and glue them in place with D3 PVA adhesive? Thank you very much for the support.

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4 Answers

L D Flooring

Rating: 5 out of 5
Blackpool
I have only ever worked with left and rights as they lock together perfectly along the the length and width and i have laid thousands of meters of the stuff .
Answered31 March 2021
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BA1 Carpentry & Renovation

Rating: 5 out of 5
Bradford On Avon
Engineered parquet often comes with only one length having a tongue. When it is fitted you have to have the boards a certain way and then they all hold in together. If laid correctly there won't be any need to add false tongues.
Answered11 April 2021
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Anonymous user

I’ve only worked with left and rights in the past 15 years, 🤔 Maybe there’s some new technology on the market that I don’t know of.
Answered3 April 2021
0

The Sandman

Rating: 4.9 out of 5
Nottingham
You will be absolutely fine laying the floor in the herringbone pattern with the adhesive in the sub floor - you definitely don’t need to use PVA too!
Answered11 April 2021
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