What's the correct way to prep over parquet flooring fingers, job is bout 50m miss mash of ceramics and half new screed flush with existing wood fingers, customer wants karndean , can I latex over this or.......
so long as flooring is secure and bonded 100% then you can prime and screed the ceramics And ply the parquet DONT screed the parquet, asking for trouble imo... Ply it lol But as ive said, fingers need to be solid to the floor If in doubt then rip the lot up and start anew
So if I pull them up, it will leave bitumen down , can I latex over that ok .? Also I'm assuming there is a Dpm under the blocks.?
if you pull then up, then you need to get 99% of the bitumen off too Yup, nightmare lol As for dpm never assume anything lol How old is the property?
House built in 1956, can't arditex na or plan trade go over the bitumen , I must admit before reading anything on this forum I just latexed over most things! I have doubt now every time I do a job!
Anything before '65 is 99% unlikely to have a dpm mate, soz You can na over 'residual' bitumen, but have to get rid of 99% of it first
Method of getting rid of bitumen .? Also some one mention ply over the wood area ? Now I'm assuming that my spot nailer won't go through so glue the ply down then screed up to it? Customers seem to want the best but always plead poverty...
why wouldnt your nailer go through it? Screw it? or worse, nail it by hand? ps scraper, grinder, scabbler etc
If the fingers are on screed they need to come up as their only about 10mm thick , if their on a wood subfloor you can ply over them no problem .
Fingers are only 10mm thick normally and if they have been covered with carpet I doubt they are all stuck. If there are any pipes under the blocks covering them up will cause issues.
I use an abrasion copper disc with a buffing machine, works a treat (though it does take a few minutes for your hearing to return!)
