My tongue and groove flooring is pretty badly damaged. I'm thinking of laying down plywood to get an even surface before carpeting. How much would this cost me per square meter? Alternatively, I'm thinking of just laying really thick carpet to see if this will hide the problems. any thoughts?
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- Thread starter Sturm
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Well, there are big gaps between them from where the tongue and groove has been broken. Workmen made a mess of a few old floorboards that they had to be replaced but they were replaced with floors of different thickness.
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Check with carpet shop, they may have a heavy duty paper or good quality underlay to overcome the floor problem.
Or you could put down hardboard, Wickes do them in smaller size, 4'x2', 6'x2' & 8'x4' which will make it easier to handle and work with. It's not difficult to do if you can use a handsaw to cut it and use a stable gun or carpet tack nails to fix it to the floor, make sure the nails are not longer then the floor thickness, normally the floor thickness is approximately 15 to 18mm.
Or you could put down hardboard, Wickes do them in smaller size, 4'x2', 6'x2' & 8'x4' which will make it easier to handle and work with. It's not difficult to do if you can use a handsaw to cut it and use a stable gun or carpet tack nails to fix it to the floor, make sure the nails are not longer then the floor thickness, normally the floor thickness is approximately 15 to 18mm.
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