replacing damaged floorboards with concrete ?

butterfingers

Hi All,

I'm looking for some advice...

In my house (approx 50 yrs old) the floorboards downstairs seem to be laid
directly onto a concrete slab (which is covered by an old waterproof layer).
2 or 3 of the boards are dished (rising up at the edges) and are split in a couple
of places where the previous owners put in extra nails, so they rock badly when
you walk over them.

I was thinking vaguely about taking up those damaged boards and just replacing
them with a small bit of concrete - the reason I was thinking of doing this
rather than just replacing the boards was that I was concerned that I'd not be
able to nail the new boards into the old concrete slab (which is covered by what
looks like an old waterproof layer).

Anyone got any advice on this ? Are there any companies that repair old
floors (most of the ones I've seen either just sand floors or fit new laminate
floors) ?

Many thanks

Butters.

RKQ

Boards are usually 20mm thick - it will bw very difficult to get 20mm thick new concrete to stick to old dpm. It will crumble and break up.

I'd try replacing timber with new timber boards - it would also look alot better. You might even be able to use a glue like evostick to hold the new boards in place.

You could remove all the boards and lay a new laminate or semi-solid floor!

Heatherview

Hi Butterfingers
sketch on relacing broken boards. Hope this is of assistance attached
Heatherview

RKQ

Nice one Heatherview!:)
Great sketch