computid
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| posted on 7/5/21 at 11:53 PM |
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Boarding over uneven slate flooring
Hi all,
I'm a bit new to all of this house decorating and re-building stuff so I thought I'd ask the collective!
I have a slate tiled floor in my kitchen. The slate is uneven and has up to 5mm of change between edges in some places. Its impossible to keep clean
and I think it looks awful. The kitchen units were installed over the top of this flooring.
I would like to replace this flooring with modular wooden flooring for both ease of keeping clean, and to brighten up the room. I'm not keen to
try and remove the flooring, not least because it runs under the kitchen units which I would like to keep.
I've come across a product called Jackoboard which states it can be installed as flooring over uneven substrates. I'm considering
installing this over the top of the slate, and then putting wooden flooring on top of it. Does anybody have any experience of this, or have any other
suggestions as to how best to deal with this?
Thanks!
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cliftyhanger
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| posted on 8/5/21 at 05:15 AM |
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I would be using a floor levelling compound. I can't get a perfect finish with the stuff, but I had a rental with a tiled floor done by the
flooring chap, which then had a HD vinyl floor installed. All perfectly flat/smooth.
I would think 5mm is a very big ask of a board, unless very soft and thick.
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watsonpj
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| posted on 8/5/21 at 10:20 AM |
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You need to get the floor completely flat for laminate/wood flooring. I had some issues in a room with a slight uneven floor and I used 1 of these
wood look plastic laminates that is meant to deal with that and to be honest it does but only just. Wood is not at all forgiving so I think leveling
would be required. If not removing the kitchen make sure after levelling and flooring that you can get plinths in/out and also.appliance aren't
trapped in (had this in a rental once).
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perksy
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| posted on 8/5/21 at 11:11 AM |
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The floor needs to be flat for laminate flooring otherwise you'll have issues with the joints separating
The other thing is laminate looks nice in a kitchen, but if you ever have a leak in the future it can cause you a real headache
Is the kitchen too big to just take the old tiles up, re-level and then fit the new flooring?
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macc man
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| posted on 8/5/21 at 03:47 PM |
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I have just fitted a ceramic tiled floor in place of a slate tiled floor. It was extremely difficult to remove and took most of the day and created so
much dust. With hindsight I should have just used self lever over the slate and tiled over that. Problem comes with different levels between rooms. Be
careful with any type of wood floor in a kitchen as it is likely to swell and buckle within a short time. Ask me how I know this!! I think a vinyl
click floor is the best alternative to tiles in kitchens & bathrooms and I fit lots of these instead.
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steve m
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| posted on 8/5/21 at 06:09 PM |
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I would be inclined to leave the floor alone as long as its secure, but possible remove the high spots and fill in and level them
And go epoxy, like the link below, as this is what i am planning on my Parents house soon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=489D-C79Gt0
Thats was probably spelt wrong, or had some grammer, that the "grammer police have to have a moan at
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JoelP
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| posted on 9/5/21 at 06:56 AM |
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You need to go over it with self levelling compound. We lay lots of vinyl click flooring, it's pretty straight forward.
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lsdweb
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| posted on 10/5/21 at 12:52 PM |
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I had a particularly ugly, part-tiled floor in an old pub we own - it had been knocked around so much the floor was all over the place but really
solid. Self levelling compound was the answer although it took some time. We now rent it commercially and there are no complaints although it's
a funeral directors so I doubt the 'customers' would complain!
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