Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering 1 Nov 17, 2014 11:40 am I hope I am posting this in the right Topic. I removed a floor tile and remove within a section have dug around 4cm deep going through what looks like screed (?) and then I came across these silver wire looking "thing" that is easily bendable. Should I continue to dig deeper in the hope to find floorboards underneath? Hypothetically speaking, should we decide to rip up the floor tiles are we able to lay floating laminate flooring as I really do not like to have tiles (too cold under the foot). If we can, given that the floor surface will be very rough how can we level out the floor? My guess is that these floor tiles (covering the living and kitchen area) date probably from the 80's. Thanking you in advance Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: What is this under the floor tile? 2Nov 18, 2014 1:27 am By the looks of it you have found some expanded metal lath mesh. Assuming you are on a timber floor the expanded mesh would have been fixed to the timber floor and then the screed would have been installed. The mesh helps hold the screed to the timber and locks it all together. You should only need to scratch through that metal and you'll be back to timber. What you do with the rest of it is a difficult question. If the screed is solid then removing the tiling and relevelling the floor may be enough. The other option is to remove all the tile and screed so you are back to timber. Then assess your options from there. Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: What is this under the floor tile? 3Nov 18, 2014 11:32 am Thank you chippy for your response and your explanation. Given that the depth of the screed is 4cm deep to get down to the floorboards - it just sounds like too much trouble. Having removed that tile, the screed seems quite level so perhaps we might be able to lay floating laminate floor over the top, provided we do not do a rough job on the tile removal. Possibly both depending on the sizing. Idea of working from the centre is that you dont have a 20mm thin tile at one end and a 400mm at the other end. A quick search on… 3 8423 I have an investment property and tenants moved out recently. However the Property manager noticed one of the floor tiles is broken and the kitchen Island countertop is… 0 12903 |