Recent content by luke45

Hi doggit, thanks for the reply. The laminate didn't appear to have any damp issues, and the parquet certainly didn't either. The laminate was acclimated, fit with an expansion gap and no cork. The gap was still in present when the parquet buckled. I should have posted a picture of the buckled...

Hi Johnny, Valid question, when we first found the floor under the carpet we did seriously consider about sanding and restoring it, but we really don't like the way it looks. In the end, we've had a specialist round who's suggested filling the holes with F ball stopgap 1200 self leveller and...

Hi Crazydaze, Thanks for your response, we had a flooring specialist round last night who recommended filling the gaps where I've lifted the loose parquet blocks with self-leveller, then going over the top with carpet, which sounds like a good idea to us. He did offer to uplift, scrabble, DPM...

Images showing the issue below, reposted from diy disasters. Any help much appreciated!!

Hello, I've stupidly installed a floating laminate floor (quick step) over parquet, which has subsequently buckled. I thought I had been thorough in my research, clearly I had not. I've removed the laminate, fibreboard underlay and plastic sheet DPM. I've started trying to remove the parquet...

Thanks! Will do.

Images of floor attached. Thanks!!!

Hello, I've stupidly installed a floating laminate floor (quick step) over parquet, which has subsequently buckled. I thought I had been thorough in my research, clearly I had not. I've removed the laminate, fibreboard underlay and plastic sheet DPM. I've started trying to remove the parquet...