floating floor

[scottenti]

I have a house which is 11 years old and it has a floating floor i need to remove some of the chipboard floor boards can anyone tell me what is under the floating floor and what are the floorboards screwed to

 

[mattysupra]

some polystyrene , maybe a concrete slab or maybe block and beam???? depends on who built them. And it should not be screwed but joints on chipboard glued together. have fun

 

[mattysupra]

p.s -treat it as a solid concrete floor! Try not to lift it unless you really have to!

 

[scottenti]

in one part of the kitchen the floor has raised up on one of the joints about 1200mm long plus the pot floor tiles are glued to it and want to get them up because they have cracked where the floor has raised up

just wondering when i get the tiles up what is the best way of getting the floor level again

 

[mattysupra]

if floor has raised i would guess not enougth expansion has been left.

 

[scottenti]

is there any way of getting round that without lifting floor

thanks

 

[gcol]

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Here endeth the lesson.

 

[mattysupra]

take skirting boards off and see if floor is hitting wall. only has to be hitting in one place like a corner or something to cause lifting. If it hitting any where cut it back more so it can move.

 

[scottenti]

full stop = .
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Here endeth the lesson.

I didn't want an English lesson thanks.

 

[gcol]

Would you prefer one on sarcasm?

 

[scottenti]

Only if you are up to it.