Serenzo Solid Planks
Technical details of Serenzo solid wooden floor
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 buildings without a basement 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 fully taped to the floor with an adhesive tape.
Use special Serenzo ® screws! Floor joists have to be laid horizontally (strain a string) and not more than 40 cm above the underground. The degree of dryness of the substructure has to be equivalent to the one of the wooden floor (approx. 7 – 11 %). If you want to use a beam ceiling as the underfloor, go by 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 be bonded fully to the floor 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 lead to 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 leads to expansions and deformations.
- Solid floors in large formats with a tongue & groove connection on four sides.
- Longitudinal grooves on the back help to absorb the excess glue when applying the glue-down installation method
- European raw 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 buildings without a basement 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 fully taped to the floor with an adhesive tape.
Use special Serenzo ® screws! Floor joists have to be laid horizontally (strain a string) and not more than 40 cm above the underground. The degree of dryness of the substructure has to be equivalent to the one of the wooden floor (approx. 7 – 11 %). If you want to use a beam ceiling as the underfloor, go by 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 be bonded fully to the floor 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 lead to 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 leads to expansions and deformations.