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  1. J

    Bathroom Flooring Project

    I just did my bathroom floor. On top of the original floating floorboards i levelled out the floor. i stuck 10mm tile backer boards on top with tile adhesive. I then made this subfloor waterproof using a tanking kit consisting of Waterproof tape and blue rubber sealing putty. I tiled on top of...
  2. J

    floor insulation

    thanks again. Yes, I do like to do things a bit different. Here in the Uk builders tend to be ultra conservative : you don't change something that works. I am more for : ok it works, but it's ugly, outdated, inefficient etc etc. so how can I do it better. As to the floor, ideally after...
  3. J

    floor insulation

    Thank you again, The staircase will be replaced by a new one, so no problem there. As to your moisture concern, that is what my first thoughts were, but then how does the floor I suggested on top of the floorboards differ from underlay with a laminate floor, or a vinyl floor on top of the...
  4. J

    floor insulation

    I took all of that into account. The house (1890 build) does not have a downstairs bathroom and the kitchen plus utility room was added to the original house somewhere in the 50s and is concrete on sand. Getting that up to scratch is a separate project. The front door frame is put on top of the...
  5. J

    floor insulation

    Sorry for that, of course it doesn't help using the wrong terminology. I have a suspended floor consisting of boards nailed to joists. on top of that I have a floating laminate topping. As anyone can read online, people tend to insulate between the joists and put down membranes as needed. As I...
  6. J

    floor insulation

    Hi, Thanks for the response! I was going to take out the laminate and put the insulation on top of the old (pine?) floorboards. I have no damp problem at all, that's why I don't really want to mess with the current floor. Putting insulation on top of the floorboards would not introduce a new...
  7. J

    floor insulation

    Hello, I am planning to insulate the ground floor in my victorian house. Currently the floor consists of the original floating floor floorboards with a gap to the ground of 30cm covered with laminate. The air flow under the boards i good, which results in very cold floors in wintertime but no...
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