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You need a super smooth surface to bond to. A cement screed isn’t good enough and imperfections will show through the LVT. Needs to be on 3mm minimum. You need a A2 notch trowel as well to glue it. How long has the screed been down ?

If glue down ( dryback ) LVT No , you need to put a smoothing compound down. If Click LVT you should be ok. Needs a moisture test in the slab 1st though.

I’d just go 9mm plywood over the top

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What the hell has he used ? Way too much water in that. Also has he fixed the plywood down with staples ?

Hard job. We use a bully stripper which is amazing but costs a lot

Make sure you prime the floor 1st

Remove the tiles then plywood it all at 5.5mm

Looks like the chipboard is rotten. You need to get all the old flooring up and out and let the chipboard dry out by letting it breathe. Then see how much of that needs replacing.

I’d say it’s moisture. You could do with putting down a moisture suppressant.

Have you done the screws every 6” on the ply and every 4” on the perimeter of each side / joint

You need to sort them all out and stack them flat. You will then have to glue the edges together as a lot of the locking system will be damaged. You will need a flat sub floor to put them over as well.

Treadaire chromium 9mm 180kd density.

Take all the scotia off and plinths off. Check that you have a 10mm gap everywhere. No wood can be touching any legs or skirting.

What wood is it ?

it’s the design.

And when you laminate moves you can do the silicone idea again each year.

Not sure what meter you are using but that’s not a correct reading. how long has the concrete been down ? If that doesn’t have a damp proof membrane under it you could apply a liquid Dpm to it.

Should have used 6mm or 9mm plywood. I’d overlay that 3mm with 6mm. Fibre screeds]ing compounds would need min 6mm underneath them.

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