Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering Re: laminate over tiles 2May 06, 2008 2:42 am The subfloor for installing laminate flooring should be flat. The locking system of laminate flooring will be damaged on uneven subfloor when people walk on it. And you need to do much work to make the tiles flat since there are much marks and chips. I suppose the cost will be less to remove these tiles. So you'd better chisel off all those tiles.
Re: laminate over tiles 4May 09, 2008 9:10 pm elly Can we putty the floor to remove the chips/dents, and also the lines between the tiles, so the laminate doesn't sink in to them? If you are handy with a trowel you can put a screed of a cementious repair motar like Ardex A45. It does not have to be billiard table smooth. It's not a lot different to icing a cake Levelling compound Ardit is the best but buy a bag of sand and make sand dam to protect your wood floor 2 15259 To put anything over slate you will need to put self level compound over the entire area as slate various in thickness and is very un even. To install most types of… 1 419 DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair At a bit of a loss on this one - we're thinking the original owners never removed the protective laminate covers from their kitchen cabinets after installation and in the… 0 6337 |