Hi - Grateful for a bit of advice, not on the actual laying, but what surface to actually start with.
I want to lay some solid wood flooring downstairs. The current floor surface is made up as follows:
- concrete floor
- Plastic sheet DPC
- Polystyrene insulation board about 3-4 cm thick
- Chipboard floor
- Underlay
- carpet
My question relates to which surface I should be stripping back to.
Bearing in mind the solid wood flooring that I will lay would be either 14 or 18 mm thick, plus will require its own underlay board (for insulation and sound deadening).
On this basis should I take up and remove the existing chipboard floor and lay the underlay board and wood floor on top of the existing polystyrene? Or should I be laying it onto the existing chipboard?
The trouble with that approach is the additional height that will add to the floor probably 4-5 cm, which is a lot and would obviousley require doors being cut and also creating steps where it meets other rooms.
Many Thanks!
David
I want to lay some solid wood flooring downstairs. The current floor surface is made up as follows:
- concrete floor
- Plastic sheet DPC
- Polystyrene insulation board about 3-4 cm thick
- Chipboard floor
- Underlay
- carpet
My question relates to which surface I should be stripping back to.
Bearing in mind the solid wood flooring that I will lay would be either 14 or 18 mm thick, plus will require its own underlay board (for insulation and sound deadening).
On this basis should I take up and remove the existing chipboard floor and lay the underlay board and wood floor on top of the existing polystyrene? Or should I be laying it onto the existing chipboard?
The trouble with that approach is the additional height that will add to the floor probably 4-5 cm, which is a lot and would obviousley require doors being cut and also creating steps where it meets other rooms.
Many Thanks!
David
