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Drain sticking out above kitchen floor, help!
fluffyCygnet
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We found, in our new flat, we had what was a pretty substantial lump in our kitchen floor, kind of a hill really. We ripped up the manky old vinyl and hardboard to find a massive sealed drain in the middle, which sticks up about half an inch above the wooden floorboards. The floorboards are wonky and slope down to he corner of the room leaving about a gap of an inch between the top of the boards and the skirting.
We've had various flooring companies round to see what can be done, but none of them have been very positive about it so far. Does anyone know if we could get a builder to lower the drain and what sort of price that would be? Would we be better off trying to raise the floorboards perhaps, but then we've got the kitchen units to worry about? Or shall we just do an ok job of it ourselves excepting it's never going to be a beautiful floor?
We found, in our new flat, we had what was a pretty substantial lump in our kitchen floor, kind of a hill really. We ripped up the manky old vinyl and hardboard to find a massive sealed drain in the middle, which sticks up about half an inch above the wooden floorboards. The floorboards are wonky and slope down to he corner of the room leaving about a gap of an inch between the top of the boards and the skirting.
We've had various flooring companies round to see what can be done, but none of them have been very positive about it so far. Does anyone know if we could get a builder to lower the drain and what sort of price that would be? Would we be better off trying to raise the floorboards perhaps, but then we've got the kitchen units to worry about? Or shall we just do an ok job of it ourselves excepting it's never going to be a beautiful floor?
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Take the kick plates off and screw down plywood.A thankyou is payment enough .0
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