At myflooringsuppliers.com you can buy floor adhesives and wood flooring accessories for trade and DIY from the following popular manufacturers of adhesives:

Adesiv, Everbuild, F Ball, Lecol, Mapei, Mitre ...

Wood floor adhesives work by creating a bond between the substrate and the flooring through a chemical reaction. All adhesives work on the same principle of changing from a liquid to a solid state, however they differ by the carrying agent or catalyst that activates them. Usually floor adhesives are product specific so it is best to check with the flooring manufacture for the glue they recommend especially if underfloor heating is used.

When installing wood flooring the adhesive you use should be given serious consideration. By making a poor choice or opting for cheaper wood flooring adhesives your floor may not be properly secured and you could end up voiding the warranty on the wood flooring.

The most popular wood flooring adhesive is the urethane adhesive, with wood flooring manufacturers that don't offer their own glue recommending the use of these. Urethane adhesive manufacturers include Mapei, DriTac and Lecol.

The most common types of wood flooring adhesives are below:

Types of wood flooring adhesives

Water Based Floor Adhesives

Water based floor adhesives spread well compared to urethane adhesives, whose makeup is generally thick in consistency. Water based adhesives are free of solvents or VOCs and certified as very low emission and therefore the first choice for health and environmental conscious. The compatibility with certain types of wood floor or sub floor is limited however.

Solvent Based Floor Adhesives

Solvent based floor adhesives have been used for wood floor installation for decades and offer a large range of application. However they do contain non-hazardous solvents which take around a week to evaporate after the installation is complete.

Urethane Based Floor Adhesives

Urethane based adhesives are the most popular wood flooring adhesives, offer the highest compatibility percentage and offer a very secure fit. Urethane based adhesives can be applied under almost any circumstances and have hardly any restrictions on type of wood floor or sub floor they can be used with, however they can be more expensive than other types of adhesives.

Powder Based Floor Adhesives

Powder adhesives work similarly to water based adhesives, except you add the water yourself with the cement that is within the powder will permanently bond most of the water, meaning reduced wood swelling compared to water based adhesives.

Floating Wood Floor Adhesives

Wood floor manufacturers offer their own adhesives for floating floors such as Bruce, Kahrs and Bona and they all have different methods for application with their wood flooring.

You can buy the following flooring adhesives from myflooringsuppliers.com (listed in no particular order):

• Injectable Polyurethane (PU) adhesive
• Epoxy/ PU for gluing parquet flooring
• Rapid setting adhesive for repairs to small areas
• Spirit based adhesive for wood blocks, plywood, mosaic panels and parquet flooring
• Polyurethane (PU) flexible adhesive which glues tongue and groove flooring to concrete or timber
• Fast drying adhesive for mitres
• Bitumen based wood block adhesive
• Flexible adhesive for gluing engineered flooring to concrete or timber
• 2-part Polyurethane (PU) adhesive for gluing parquet flooring
• PVA adhesive