Replace floorboards ready for LVT installation

ngambit · 4 Nov 2019

Hi all,

I've bought a 2 up-2 down house which needs a lot of renovation. I'm currently tackling the kitchen and plan to do as much as I can myself, being a fairly competent DIY'er!

Kitchen is about 17m2, downstairs is roughly double that, around 34m2

The floorboards are in a sorry state, having been lifted several times. I plan on lifting them, make sure all the pipes are lagged properly and fit Celotex or similar between the joists and making sure that there is good ventilation.

I also need to remove an hearth, fit new joists too.

I plan to have LVT fitted, I'm undecided the best way forward if I was to the floorboards, should I replace all the floorboards with new and overboard with 6mm ply, or would I be fine just to remove the floorboards and fit 18mm ply down??

Any advice / suggestions much appreciated!!!!

Thanks!

dazlight · 4 Nov 2019

If LVT I’d replace with new floorboards then 6mm SP101 plywood over the top

martin hill · 5 Nov 2019

22mm P5 8 x 2 chipboard flooring the easy option. But before you do anything is it a terrace with the stairs in the middle running up between 2 solid walls. If so have a good think about this.

If the ceilings roughtly 2.9m like mine were,see about lowering the joists to 2.4m head height if central wall foundations deep enough. Do the same with the upstairs ceiling joists. A lot of work i knew but wish i had done this as i would of gained nearly 1.2m in the loft space for a massive conversion.

ngambit · 5 Nov 2019

Thanks daz, would you recomend any particular floorboards, or are they all much the same?

ngambit · 5 Nov 2019

Thanks Martin, appreciate your idea, but much too much work for what I have in mind!

martin hill · 5 Nov 2019

Go with the P5 22mm board. It quick and easy to do. Only lag the hot and cold water pipes and not the CH pipes.

bobasd · 5 Nov 2019

OP,
why not get some photos posted of inside and outside the kitchen - allowing some professionals to give you views about the condition of things and what best to do about them?

you can use this DIYNOT site for lots of your refurbishment items, and perhaps save yourself time, money and maybe a bit of grief after the fact?

dazlight · 5 Nov 2019

ngambit said:
Thanks daz, would you recomend any particular floorboards, or are they all much the same?

just not T&G mate

ngambit · 6 Nov 2019

dazlight said:
just not T&G mate

Why not T&G daz?

dazlight · 6 Nov 2019

After a few years you get rubbing after some expansion. Loads of 70s houses have T&G and it’s a nightmare. If glued together on joints not as bad.

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