Pouring self levelling compound on to lino

ritesh

Question for builders and DIY enthusiasts.

My aunt lives in a council house and the council are currently renovating her house. In the kitchen they have poured latex straight on to the lino!

My initial thought would have been to remove lino first and then pour the levelling compound onto the concrete floor, not just pour directly on to the lino.

My aunt ultimately wants to tile the floor, which she will pay for, rather than usual lino, which the council will put.

I would have thought that you would not get enough key for getting the latex to bond with the lino and that when you fix tiles on to the latex there could be a problem of the tile coming away if the latex ever cracked.

Any suggestions highly welcomed as the council people are coming back tomorrow to finish off the work.

Many thanks

missile

Sounds like slipshod / lazy workers. Why did they leave the lino, is it glued to the floor?

I would remove this before laying tiles.

youcanttakeitwithyou

Leveling compound will never stick to lino, the lino has no suction

thehairybuilder

this is a NO NO

compound must be applied onto concrete floor so lino needs to be uplifted . Aunt needs to et this sorted pronto

philgee

Sounds dodgy to me.

My wife's aunt lives in a council house, and the council have been updating the houses on her estate over the last couple of years. Plenty of horror stories about shoddy workmanship I'm afraid.

One of her neighbours had a window installed inside out (not sure how they managed it).