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Would it be feasible to use a self levelling compound like ardex na or ardex a55 to smooth out the floor? I am using 6mm thick underlay tiles and a DPM sheet so would it be necessary to use self levelling compound? My primary concern is the rough floor puncturing the dpm.

Where the hallway and kitchen meet, the concrete is lower than the tile by only the height of the tile. The wood floor and underlay will be lower than the outside door threshold but will be raised above the tile floor to the kitchen so I'll need to use a reducer transition strip.

The house was built by Taylor Wimpey. They've already tiled the bathrooms and kitchen and installed kitchen units. Height difference between the floored rooms and the unfinished rooms is the width of the tile so they didn't add another layer to the finished rooms. Do you know if there are any...

The floor level is currently pretty much in line with the door frames, maybe a centimetre under with some of them. They even put the skirting boards on flush with the subfloor which I didn't want them to do because it means I have to undercut or refit them to install the flooring. Will the floor...

Hi ree, thanks for your reply. Sorry, not too familiar with some of your terminology. What is an s&c screed and ffl in layman's terms please?

Hi everyone, I need some advice on Subfloor preparation. I have recently moved into a new build house. We chose not to have flooring put down as we didn't like their options and would do it ourselves so currently we have exposed concrete downstairs which we intend to put a floating wood floor...