Vernon wrote:
Er indoors has decided she doesn't like the carpet in the living
room, and she wants a nice wooden floor, not laminate and not
engineered wood, but solid oak floor.
I said ok lets think about it do some research and do it after Xmas,
no whilst I was out at the weekend (queuing at the local tip) she has
ripped up the old carpet and underlay.
As a result the living room now has what look like lino tiles about
6-8 inches square, presumably fitted on top of original concrete
floor when the house was built (1968).
Can we fit solid oak flooring on top of these tiles? I have looked for
information on the web, and most sites say no, (well no to concrete,
as you have to nail the boards down) but some, including one video
(wickes), said yes so long as the floor is glued together, and I use
an underlay.

Generally *NO* - to lay oak flooring to any reasonable finish it either has
to be secret nailed through any tongues, or in the case of wood block, stuck
down with the proper adhesive - in either case, the tiles will have to be
removed

She does not want an engineered wood floor, which as far as I can see
would be the ideal solution, as I assume it could be glued to the
tiles without too many issues.

If you want even a halfway decent job, then then see the comments above.

The flooring she has seen and likes is sold in Costco, 300-1200mm
planks 130mm wide 18mm thick. But I am unable to find the
manufacturer to ask for advice, they are labelled up as Forester.

Can anyone help me out, either with a contact number for the
manufacturer or with definitive fitting advice.

Is this what you are referring to? http://www.ffco.co.uk/gallery.php

Vernon, to lay a 'proper' wood floor to a decent standard requires a fair
bit of preparation, effort and knowledge of laying and finishing
techniques - along with a fairly large bank balance - and I would suggest
that you either dissuade the 'other half' from having it done or contract it
out to a flooring specialist.

To give you some idea, it would almost certainly require that the existing
screed be ripped up and possibly a bit of the concrete floor slab as well.
You will then have to lay a new screed with timber battens inserted into it
[1] and the boards nailed to these (this is to keep the floor at the same
level to avoid having to cut doors etc to fit).

Or as above, without the timber battens [2]

[1] Presuming the floor is boarded and nailed
[2] Presuming it is a block floor that is to be stuck down.

Oh, and if you start now, it is unlkely to be finished until the new year -
happy Xmas. Lol

Cash