lvt advice

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  1. gary cannadine

    gary cannadine Member

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    hi all
    we have had lvt laid over the last ten days and notice some of the planks are starting to come up and the floor in the hallway has some bumps on it plus where the ply meets the concrete you can feel it when you walk over it
    could someone tell me whats wrong with it?
    thanks gary
     
  2. HC&F

    HC&F Well-Known Member

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    Poor prep & poor fitting
     
  3. gary cannadine

    gary cannadine Member

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    would it be ok for me to send some pictures to you and you can tell me where he has gone wrong when we put a ball on the floor it rolls all over the floor
    plus as the week has gone on more bumps are coming up?
    thanks for you help
     
  4. HC&F

    HC&F Well-Known Member

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    Yes fine mate
     
  5. gary cannadine

    gary cannadine Member

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    hi mate finding it hard to send pictures will try again later.the bloke is coming back next week what do you think is making them bumps come up?
    thanks gary
     
  6. HC&F

    HC&F Well-Known Member

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    Hard to tell without seeing photos
     
  7. dazlight

    dazlight Super Moderator

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    What’s app me some pictures and I’ll put them on here. 07734824813
     
  8. dazlight

    dazlight Super Moderator

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    What is the sub floor ? Was it concrete ? Did it have old adhesive on the floor ? Was it plywood ?
     
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  11. merit

    merit Well-Known Member

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    Oh no, you can clearly see hes used a white stick to spread the levelling compound.
    The prep is awful.
    All needs taking up and redoing
     
  12. gary cannadine

    gary cannadine Member

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    white stick? why are bumps not all over the hallway floor? plus the floor is part floorboards and part concrete
     
  13. gary cannadine

    gary cannadine Member

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    and what does he have to do to get it right the second time?
     
  14. HC&F

    HC&F Well-Known Member

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    Can see the trowel marks left in the screed
     
  15. Rugmunching

    Rugmunching Well-Known Member

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    because he might have got lucky....or someone else did that bit for him :D

    Clearly poor prep, nothing other than take up the flooring and have it prep'd properly
     
  16. Rugmunching

    Rugmunching Well-Known Member

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    If he'd used a white stick it would have looked better mate :D
     
  17. gary cannadine

    gary cannadine Member

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    should have he self level over the plywood because you can feel where the plywood meets the concrete?
     
  18. HC&F

    HC&F Well-Known Member

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    Not always necessary but good practice to. We usually ply the wooden areas screed the concrete, feather the two into each other and then put a screed over everything
     
  19. gary cannadine

    gary cannadine Member

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    he did not do that is that why it is not level?
     
  20. HC&F

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    The pictures just don’t show a lot mate, it looks like trowel marks in the screed
     

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