I have a customer who would like to put Linoneum on her landing, the intial concern is that the floorboards are a uneven and I am considering putting either Hardboard or Ply down to give a more even base for the Lino. However, there are couple of issues that this raises with my self.
Firstly, the stairs i.e Treads and Rises currently have no covering and probably won't do for sometime, nor are they intending to use lino on the stairs.
Secondly, should I use a sheet material to make the floor more even, then the thickness of this sheet material alone will create problems in so far as the landing does not have balustrades therefore it doesn't have a base rail to go in to. What it does have is a nosing, which the floorboards but up to and forms part of the floor, which in turn covers the apron.
Putting a sheet material down will leave me with an open edge, which I could cover with, say, quadrant, but the open edge would also be apparent on the top tread, which can't be covered up with quadrant or anything for that matter. SORRY TO GO ON!
The only solutions I can think of is to either chamfer the edge of the sheet material at the point it lands on the nosing so the lino can fold over the top and under the mentioned nosings, or pull all the floorboards up and get ones that are all the same thickness or replace with ply.
Firstly, the stairs i.e Treads and Rises currently have no covering and probably won't do for sometime, nor are they intending to use lino on the stairs.
Secondly, should I use a sheet material to make the floor more even, then the thickness of this sheet material alone will create problems in so far as the landing does not have balustrades therefore it doesn't have a base rail to go in to. What it does have is a nosing, which the floorboards but up to and forms part of the floor, which in turn covers the apron.
Putting a sheet material down will leave me with an open edge, which I could cover with, say, quadrant, but the open edge would also be apparent on the top tread, which can't be covered up with quadrant or anything for that matter. SORRY TO GO ON!
The only solutions I can think of is to either chamfer the edge of the sheet material at the point it lands on the nosing so the lino can fold over the top and under the mentioned nosings, or pull all the floorboards up and get ones that are all the same thickness or replace with ply.
