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Laying a new kitchen floor
newbie71_2
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Hello everyone, have had such great common sense advice on this forum before, I thought I'd try again with our next new house job...
We recently moved in to house in a bit of state. Kitchen floor in particular was grim. It is quite a small kitchen and we managed to get up half the lino floor which wasn't stuck down properly and so could practically be lifted up with one hand!
However, underneath the lino are the original thermoplastic tiles from when the house was built in the 1960s. The surveyor said these may contain asbestos, so obviously we haven't touched these and nor have we attempted to take up the remaining lino as that is well and truly stuck down and we don't want to risk breaking the thermoplastic tiles underneath if there's a chance they contain asbestos.
The end result is we now have an uneven floor surface, - slightly lower on one side and higher on the other where the lino is still in place.
I'm guessing if we attempted to lay lino over this you would be able to see the uneveness coming through - so my question is what would you put down first in order to achieve a flat surface to put the new floor covering down on?
Again any advice greatfully received. Thank you
We recently moved in to house in a bit of state. Kitchen floor in particular was grim. It is quite a small kitchen and we managed to get up half the lino floor which wasn't stuck down properly and so could practically be lifted up with one hand!
However, underneath the lino are the original thermoplastic tiles from when the house was built in the 1960s. The surveyor said these may contain asbestos, so obviously we haven't touched these and nor have we attempted to take up the remaining lino as that is well and truly stuck down and we don't want to risk breaking the thermoplastic tiles underneath if there's a chance they contain asbestos.
The end result is we now have an uneven floor surface, - slightly lower on one side and higher on the other where the lino is still in place.
I'm guessing if we attempted to lay lino over this you would be able to see the uneveness coming through - so my question is what would you put down first in order to achieve a flat surface to put the new floor covering down on?
Again any advice greatfully received. Thank you
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Hardboard or chipboard? I know my ex used to use this to level out uneven floors before having flooring & carpets laid.The bigger the bargain, the better I feel.
I should mention that there's only one of me, don't confuse me with others of the same name.0 -
Thanks Cattie - very useful. I can also see I've posted this in the wrong bit of the forum (was in a rush - that's my excuse!) so will move across.0
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