New Flooring glue

[Grateful]

Hi

We will be moving to a new place and I was thinking about using engineered wood flooring my parrots new room. We wont be in the new place while it's being done and probably wont move into it until at least a week or so after it is installed. Does anyone have any experience with it? It will have to be glued as it's concrete. Thanks

 

[GaleriaGila]

I am not experienced with such materials, but I'll give your thread a bump. If it slips down the list, please don't be shy about thumping it back up, until you get the answers you need. I'm such a paranoid purist that I might just consider leaving the concrete... safe, easy to clean, attractive (okay, not!)...

Members, what say ye?

 

[Kiwibird]

Well we're dealing with new flooring too, as our kitchen flooded and took out pretty much the entire main living area of our condo. Not sure what kind of 'engineered flooring' you're looking at, but we're having 2 kinds of new flooring installed- faux wood that has no adhesives (it "floats" over the sub flooring) and vinyl tile that will be glued down in the kitchen where the faux wood would be susceptible to moisture. According to the company installing the vinyl tile, they open up all the windows and run some kind of machine to get the smell out and claim the fumes will be gone within a few hours. We plan to keep our bird 'quarantined' in the office (only room without shared airspace to the rest of the house) for a few days to be extra safe but I'd imagine a week would be more than enough and if not, the birds could always temporarily stay in another part of the house until the smell dissipates.

 

[Flboy]

Hi! Your wood floor will be floated, no glue!

 

[SailBoat]

Hi! Your wood floor will be floated, no glue!

Especially true over concrete. That said there is a couple of variations that recommend a small amount of glue in the joints. Also, most glues used today (for wood based products) are water based and the off-gassing is very limited. With a week between installation and move in, as stated by Kiwi's mom, you should be fine. Assure that the windows are open at least during the day, after installation, as other new stuff likely is off-gassing as well.

 

[EllenD]

Hi! Your wood floor will be floated, no glue!

Is this true for "faux" wood flooring though? Most of that stuff is the equivalent of vinyl tiles, it simply looks like wood (not the same as the laminate wood either, which usually floats and snaps together). I looked into some faux wood flooring a while ago (ended up going with ceramic tile), but it was the equivalent of putting vinyl tiles down and did require adhesive on the concrete sub-floor too, so the OP may be talking about this...

 

[Kiwibird]

Hi! Your wood floor will be floated, no glue!

Is this true for "faux" wood flooring though? Most of that stuff is the equivalent of vinyl tiles, it simply looks like wood (not the same as the laminate wood either, which usually floats and snaps together). I looked into some faux wood flooring a while ago (ended up going with ceramic tile), but it was the equivalent of putting vinyl tiles down and did require adhesive on the concrete sub-floor too, so the OP may be talking about this...

While we went with a 'stone look' vinyl tile for our kitchen (rather than trying to match wood shades with the laminate that will be elsewhere), they also definitely had wood look vinyl that would presumably also have to be glued down too.

 

[Grateful]

no they have to use glue (

 

[SailBoat]

Lots of variant on the market today. Most home application float on concrete. Always best to ask and state that a member of the household has COPD.. They tend to be more concerned then when one states you have a bird.

 

[Grateful]

I asked Chicago Exotic about glue and flooring and if the cage is covered at night will it allow for a concentration of fumes and here is their response

"We ask you remove parrot from room or house for 48 hours. Once glue is dry its fine. Most parrots are covered at night."