We've just bought our first house and are having an interesting time dealing with the numerous issues it's thrown up! The hall and lounge have concrete floors with marley tiles on top, some of which have been taken off / fallen off. In the lounge we're having wooden floor, and in the hall it'll be carpet.
I'm basically wondering whether we should take up all the marley tiles, leave it uneven, or replace the missing ones with new ones. My dad has also suggested laying latex in the gaps where the tiles are missing.
So I guess the questions are:
1) Is any of this necessary in the lounge where we'll have wooden flooring, or can I rip all the tiles up and lay the waterproof membrane, underlay and flooring straight onto the concrete?
2) What's the best approach for the hall, where there will be carpet? My mum's banging on about dust coming up through the new carpets and all kinds of other scenarios I'd rather avoid!
As you can probably tell, this is the first time we've done anything like this, so any input gratefully received!
I'm basically wondering whether we should take up all the marley tiles, leave it uneven, or replace the missing ones with new ones. My dad has also suggested laying latex in the gaps where the tiles are missing.
So I guess the questions are:
1) Is any of this necessary in the lounge where we'll have wooden flooring, or can I rip all the tiles up and lay the waterproof membrane, underlay and flooring straight onto the concrete?
2) What's the best approach for the hall, where there will be carpet? My mum's banging on about dust coming up through the new carpets and all kinds of other scenarios I'd rather avoid!
As you can probably tell, this is the first time we've done anything like this, so any input gratefully received!
