I recently had a floating floor installed over concrete.

I thought I had done enough research on the type of flooring I was going to install but overlooked one very important feature -- the Click Lock floors.

I bought a beautiful Brazillian Cherry but it's the old fashioned tongue and groove that you have to glue and tap in. There are minute gaps between some of the boards and the installation is taking forever! 21/2 days -- and it's dreadfully painful.

A very expensive lesson learned and something that I wish was aware of!

If I ever do it again I will go with the Click Lock system.

Thanks

Are you positive that flooring was designed to install as a floater? Not all engineereds can be installed as a floating floor. The milling of the T&G is too sloppy to allow a good compression fit, and the glue doesn't hold it. You get gaps the next few days where the boards separated.

Yes, it's a floating floor.
They had a sample of it in the show room and it looked fine. But, I still have a few gaps -- poor millwork as you mentioned.

I guess I will have to use wood filler?

Strap clamps are the ticket when using a glued up floater. But I haven't used mine in a couple of years. And to think I paid $$$ for them.

If it's not too late in the game the strap clamps can be rented at most Home Depots. As Gary said, that's what is needed for that type of installation.

You can go get ratcheting straps from HD and some angle iron. Bolt the straps to the angle iron and you have a floor strap. The straps at HD are around $15 for 4 the "real" floor straps are $60 to $80 for one.

Thanks! I wish I had talk to you guys earlier -- the floors are in. I guess my last resort is wood filler?

Thanks for all your help.

Laura