Hi all, first post so be kind! We're almost finished renovating a 1920's house. The final room we're doing was once a kitchen, and has a quarry tiled floor, laid directly onto the earth (it seems). It's incredibly uneven, and currently (because of other renovations) sits about an inch and a quarter below the adjoining floor.
We have some 19mm Solid Oak T&G to lay in this room, but obviously I want to prep the subfloor as well as I can to ensure the longevity of the Oak, as well as matching the height of the adjoining tiled floor.
I'm considering these options:
1) Full on sand and cement screed to give me a difference of around 25mm to the adjoining floor, enough for the self adhesive style underlay to accommodate the Oak floor.
2) Latex self leveller, followed by a layer of 12mm Ply on which I will again use the self adhesive underlay. But how do I secure the ply to the latex/quarry? I don't want to screw and plug the quarry tiles, for obvious reasons.
3) Attempt to take out the unevenness of the floor using battens of varying thicknesses (it's sunk in the middle quite badly), bonding these to the quarry (using what I don't know?), and then secret nailing/screwing the Oak into these.
Anybody that has any advice or ideas would be our saviours. We've had a couple of 'professionals' in to quote, and they all have wildly differing ideas.
By the way, having the Oak floor down isn't a deal breaker - it's a small room (10 x 12) and the flooring we have is overage from another couple of rooms so if we have to choose a different flooring then so be it.
Many thanks guys
We have some 19mm Solid Oak T&G to lay in this room, but obviously I want to prep the subfloor as well as I can to ensure the longevity of the Oak, as well as matching the height of the adjoining tiled floor.
I'm considering these options:
1) Full on sand and cement screed to give me a difference of around 25mm to the adjoining floor, enough for the self adhesive style underlay to accommodate the Oak floor.
2) Latex self leveller, followed by a layer of 12mm Ply on which I will again use the self adhesive underlay. But how do I secure the ply to the latex/quarry? I don't want to screw and plug the quarry tiles, for obvious reasons.
3) Attempt to take out the unevenness of the floor using battens of varying thicknesses (it's sunk in the middle quite badly), bonding these to the quarry (using what I don't know?), and then secret nailing/screwing the Oak into these.
Anybody that has any advice or ideas would be our saviours. We've had a couple of 'professionals' in to quote, and they all have wildly differing ideas.
By the way, having the Oak floor down isn't a deal breaker - it's a small room (10 x 12) and the flooring we have is overage from another couple of rooms so if we have to choose a different flooring then so be it.
Many thanks guys