Should I glue down engineered herringbone flooring or float it?
While floating is sometimes recommended by suppliers for ease, gluing down engineered herringbone offers superior durability, sound reduction, and long-term wear resistance. Choosing to glue ensures the floor feels solid underfoot and holds up better during future repairs or refinishing.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Floating the floor instead of gluing it
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I’d be hard pressed NOT gluing a nice herring bone floor”source ↗
“Glue it. Better for wear, sound, repair, refinish, install”source ↗
“Ordered engineered herringbone to fit in bedroom (upstairs). Supplier says this particular board can be glued or floated fit but advised the latter. However reading a lot that glue down is way better - is that true?”source ↗