Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering 1 Jan 15, 2011 9:35 pm I have almost finished renovating my bathroom and when I walk into my bathroom, I can feel that the floor is slightly bent upwards- feel like I'm very so slightly walking up a hill then it levels out again. The tiles are looking good and 'hill' noticeable by glancing at it. I told my builder and he said that there is nothing that can be done with that as the floor boards are naturally bent. Is this right-this can' be rectified by re-leveling with glue or something? Gosh I didn't think so many things could go wrong I thought being 100% organised would make this process a breeze Re: ISSUE-tiles, house on stumps, floorboards & underlay 2Jan 15, 2011 9:45 pm Hi lucy I am not clear what is not level - tiles in the bathroom or timber floor somewhere else?? In any way, I think that there are some rules about 3mm max tolerance within any 3m or so - something like that. Have a look at Standards & Tolerances. But, that rule I think applies to the subfloor - not sure about the floor coverings (in your case tiles and timber). My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: ISSUE-tiles, house on stumps, floorboards & underlay 3Jan 15, 2011 9:50 pm well the builder said that the floorboards were not level to begin with. But I always imagined that you have to level out the floor with something before you could lay tiles? Re: ISSUE-tiles, house on stumps, floorboards & underlay 4Jan 15, 2011 10:01 pm not sure ... this is the doco I mentioned http://www.buildingcommission.com.au/resources/documents/S+T_GUIDE_07.pdf If you can measure the bump yourself and then compare it ... but if it's not that bad, maybe it's better to leave it? Our floors could be better too . I think it's like they say - you know it's there so it's always going to bother you, but others wouldn't notice it. In fact one of my friends gets quite annoyed when we point out some defects , she'd just be happy with a nice house. My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: ISSUE-tiles, house on stumps, floorboards & underlay 5Jan 17, 2011 12:16 pm You can get a self leveling compound to use before tiling, but it is not required and would add extra cost. The link posted by Lex is to do with the level of each tile in relation to another tile. If the material the tiles are laid on slope upward, that standard does not address this issue. It would have been nice of your tiler to have consulted you about it before laying the new tiles, but since this was obviously not the case, you may need to speak to a building inspector who deals with renovations. Other than that you could tell your builder you aren't happy they didn't tell you the floor was not level and ask them to fix it. You will have to pay to have the floor level fixed but not the tiles re laid IMO. Are they stumps or screw piles ? How much fill is there, is the site a class "P" ? A "H2" site is not supposed to have stumps it is supposed to have grid beams according… 1 6942 If you're in a flood zone, not only are you dealing with the importation of fill and laying it down in 150 lifts to achieve compaction, you're going to have to consider… 4 5532 Hi l plan to install a self adhesive vinyl plank floor. l first need to attach masonite boards underlay to by plywood subfloor of my house. What size nails and how many… 0 8370 |