floor Boards

Ghetofarmulous

Hi all,

Just got the keys to our first home today. Very happy.

I ripped up the carpet (no underlay) that has been there since the house was built in 2006 (Semi-D 4 bed) and I found this under it.

The floor is quite uneven and I can only assume that the concrete was used to even out the floor boards.

Any suggestions what the easiest way to tackle the floor before I lay laminate?

There is a rake of Tacks knocked into the floor that was holding the carpet in place. I have to remove these before anything else.

Nigzcurran

Looks like you’ll need to remove the old laminate and all the old floor leveler they used and pour new floor level onto it

listermint

Pretty lazy looking fix.

But you don't know what under that again....

Ghetofarmulous

Nigzcurran wrote: »

Looks like you’ll need to remove the old laminate and all the old floor leveler they used and pour new floor level onto it

Thanks Nigzcurran. Its a bedroom upstairs, timber framed house. I am thinking that I need to remove boards and lay bigger sections that match in thickness. Its weird that the one half of the room is chipboard and the other is different.

Ill see whats underneath and check out pouring floor level.

Ghetofarmulous

Ill go and rip up the carpet in the adjacent room and see whats under it. Back in about 30 mins

Nigzcurran

Ghetofarmulous wrote: »

Thanks Nigzcurran. Its a bedroom upstairs, timber framed house. I am thinking that I need to remove boards and lay bigger sections that match in thickness. Its weird that the one half of the room is chipboard and the other is different.

Ill see whats underneath and check out pouring floor level.

Ah ok ignore the floor level stuff so, timber floor will be a lot easier to fix

ronn

Pull all the boards up and start form scratch, I’d leave the carpet off it for as long as possible, You’ll find all the squeak bits and can put more screws in, don’t skimp on the screws,

awec

Ghetofarmulous wrote: »

Thanks Nigzcurran. Its a bedroom upstairs, timber framed house. I am thinking that I need to remove boards and lay bigger sections that match in thickness. Its weird that the one half of the room is chipboard and the other is different.

Ill see whats underneath and check out pouring floor level.

That's OSB (the part with the hoover on it in one of the pics), not chipboard. That's the stuff your floorboards should be. No idea what the other stuff is.

Whoever put down that floor is a lazy chancer. Rip it all up.

Ghetofarmulous

awec wrote: »

That's OSB (the part with the hoover on it in one of the pics), not chipboard. That's the stuff your floorboards should be. No idea what the other stuff is.

Whoever put down that floor is a lazy chancer. Rip it all up.

That’s good to know thanks. I just did the second bedroom and it’s all OSB thankfully. Each board is not perfectly levelled but I think with good underlay then laminate will do down easily.

awec

Just make sure it's all properly screwed down, this will minimize creaking. Don't think tiny defects in it being level will make much difference.

On a side note that's a very odd position for a window