Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering 1 Jan 07, 2007 8:24 pm Recently stripped tiles from the main living area . Have found the floor base to be chipboard material, not floorboards as expected.The area will eventually be carpeted but require advice on two problems before i do this.
1. Tile glue remains on the wooden base which looks hard to remove.I have been successful in removing some glue by scraping with a shovel. Is there a better method to remove the remaining glue? Also, 2. A kitchen bench made purely from brick has created uneveness on the floor area because of its weight we think. The kitchen bench has been removed but has created an indentation or swale on the chipboard . What would be the best method to even out this area before carpeting? SSS Re: Uneven Floor 2Jan 08, 2007 6:20 pm If its a large area, I'd probably rip up the yellow-tongue and replace it. Its about $35 a sheet. Re: Uneven Floor 3Jan 08, 2007 8:06 pm Thanks Dukekamaya.
Im assuming the yellow tongue is the glue...!? The area is about 3o m2, covered with glue mainly where the partical board sheet meet, but a real nightmare to remove. What would be the standard sheet size of the particle board? Just trying to weigh up cost of a new surface compared to the pain of physically removing the glue? SSS Re: Uneven Floor 6Jan 08, 2007 8:34 pm If you are carpeting both these areas I wouldn’t worry about the surface as it is, you will hardly notice once the carpet goes over.
I would consider a really good quality underlay though; this will fill in the holes nicely as they are thicker. Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Uneven Floor 7Jan 08, 2007 10:00 pm Thanks Michelle,
I will look into that and have the carpet guy out for a quote and an opinion. In my opinion it would take a thick underlay ...What is the thickest quality underlay on the market? The only problem is getting one section of the floor level to match the rest. It only the one area we are carpeting.Where the old brick kitchen bench ended is where the main living area begins. Its is this area we are carpeting. SSS Re: Uneven Floor 8Jan 09, 2007 11:34 am This will depend on your budget….and on the carpet supplier as to what they use.
Ask those questions of him. You may need to replace the section of flooring that has the dip in it. That shouldn’t be too hard, since you are talking about chipboard flooring, easy job!!! Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Uneven Floor 9Jan 09, 2007 11:39 am particleboard flooring is available in 3600x900 or 3600x800 sheets, from experience you will feel imperfections in the sub-floor through the carpet. Re: Uneven Floor 10Jan 09, 2007 7:34 pm Thanks Duke......
Only today upon closer inspection of the swaled floor from under the house ,it was found that the uneveness of the floor is not only a result of the heavy brick kitchen bench but also due to uneveness of the beams, approx 6cm out.This will need to be fixed .The current set up is brick piers under the house. Im told we may need to add a couple more piers to correct the uneveness. Hope its not an expensive job.......!? SSS Re: Uneven Floor 11Jan 10, 2007 7:04 am Unfortunately 'underpinning' is fairly exspensive. It sounds like you may have had some piers sunken. A friend of mine did it himself with a car-jack and some elbow grease Re: Uneven Floor 13Jan 10, 2007 12:41 pm impossible to guess - I know one guy who spent $9000 but it was fairly major.
If its only one pier I'd have a crack at it yourself Re: Uneven Floor 16Jan 15, 2007 8:08 am The uneven floor is almost repaired so my focus now is on the type of carpet we get and more importantly the type of underlay we use.
I have managed to scrape most of the tile glue from the yellowtongue by using a shovel ( Im still trying to recover physically from that task.......). The surface is almost ready to carpet over although it is not a perfect surface. I have been told that felt for underlay is good in my situation as it is thicker than most common underlay and will mask imperfections. Any opinions on this? SSS I hope this help you newhome_24, AS3958.1 is the Ceramic Tile Installation Standard. It specifies the tolerances for the installation of tiles. The tile supplier is… 1 7355 I don't think you're getting a response because you are not quite clear on what the issue is. yep, the site is not level, no site is! but are you just building a garage?… 1 2262 CDC Housing Code 3 When to apply Floor Area external face of wall vs Gross Floor Area internal face of wall. Reading thru CDC Housing Code 3, lets take a lot 915sqm.… 0 16553 |