Went to look at a job where the customer just can't live with her floor any more , and it was shocking !! It's a solid wood floor straight to battens with cellotex between each batten. It's not been nailed and none of the headers are glued ! They are thinking of engineered wood or lvt . Can i screw the wood down then ply 9mm then fit , or would i be better off ripping out , replace with chipboard then ply . Cheers guys.
Cant really see it mate but im thinking its a suspended floor. So joists on dwarf walls in one area then battens on concrete in the extension.
I dont think the customer will go for it . 18mm ply aint cheap. Also if they go for lvt i'll have to go over it with 6mm ply
Because 18mm ply is not t & g you get movement on the joints between the joists . So you have to cross ply on top . This is for lvt not for wood by the way.
chipboard will need overplying anyway, there's not a massive difference in cost think it's about £20 +vat a sheet which is cheaper than chipboard and overply. Then fibre reinforced levelling compound will do the job miles better for similar money.
was thinking of chipboard and ply because im doing it on my own so it will be a tad easier to handle and part of its a hall way .
18mm ply is around the £30 mark last time I brought some. I'd just ask the customer would she like to pay the extra for ply instead of chipboard.
Nor did i a few years back. But had to look at a job where karndean was "lifting". It was where all the joints of the ply were bouncing!
Not if you install correct. Also you can get with tongue and groove. A good installer can also add a tongue and groove easy enough or simply install cross braces. Braces is the easy basic way. What is the reason why the floor has gapped now? presume you have taken moisture readings etc to find the issue? Can the old floor not be rectified?
If there is no moisture problems and want new floor could they not cover any extra costs there might be taking out the solid wood floor by selling it on?!
using something like mapenet will help prevent fracturing of the levelling compound not too expensive either.
Matt the wood thats down hasnt even been fixed !! Well , a few dobs of glue here and there ! To be honest matt i'm more of a vinyl fitter so any advice you give me on this will be great .
