Technical details of Serenzo solid planks

• Solid parquet in large formats with a tongue & groove joint mechanism on four sides.
• Longitudinal grooves at the back side of the boards will also help by gluing down installation with superfluous glue
• European roh material
• Four side bevel for a traditional look

Normally Serenzo ® solid wood floorboards are screwed on floor joists (OSB or chip-installation plate or already existing floorboards).

You have to make sure that no moisture can penetrate into the wooden floor.  We generally recommend to install a vapour barrier (PE foil), especially in non-basement buildings and in new buildings. The foil has to be pulled up to the wall approx. 10 cm and cut off flush using a sharp knife after the skirting board has been fixed. In the area of the floor, the foil has to be installed overlapping by approx. 20 cm and glued on throughout with an adhesive tape.

Use special Serenzo ® screws! Floor joists have to be fixed horizontally (spread a piece of string) and close-fitting and not more than 40 cm apart on the underground on which they are laid (they are only laid out and not fixed to the ground). The degree of dryness of the wooden substructure has to correspond to the one of the wooden board (approx. 7 – 11 %). If you want to use an old wooden ceiling as floor, keep to the run of the old beams when refurbishing them. Differences in height of the old support construction (old beam floor) result in an unevenness of the floorboards. In order to level them out, you can, for example, glue or nail small chipboard plates (no wedges) under the floor joists. In order to achieve a good footfall sound insulation, insulation strips (e.g. hard rubber strips) have to be laid everywhere under the floor joists and pulled up on the face sides up to the top surface of the floor joists.

As an alternative, Serenzo ® solid wood floorboards can also be glued on over the entire surface with Serenzo ® special glue. Do not use any other glue, because it may not have the necessary properties for the elastic glueing of solid wood floorboards. If other glues are used, the guarantee is void. Glues that are too inelastic may result in the formation of cracks and/or damage to the underground of the floorboards. We recommend you to have boards glued on over the entire surface only by an expert. On no account may solid wood floorboards be laid floating.

Make sure that an agreeable room climate (approx. 50-60 % relative air humidity and a temperature of approx. 20°) is maintained during the entire year. This climate is also best for your personal health and physical wellbeing. Wood is hygroscopic – it adapts to the ambient humidity. The room climate described above complies with the moisture of the solid wood boards. A room climate with a higher degree of dryness results in the formation of gaps and/or the formation of cracks, a room climate with a lower degree of dryness results in an expansion and in deformations as a result.