Self Leveling Compound

[Vandrew]

Hi

This is my first post here and I need some help.

I have recently bought an old house that we are doing up. We've started in the kitchen and have just had the plastering done. Next on the list is the floor.

The problem I have is that the flooring that is currently down is a lino type covering stuck firmly down with what looks like bitumen. It is stuck down so well that it is took me from 3pm - 11:30pm to scrape it up for half of the room just around the edge. It took roughly 30mins - 45mins to do a 100mm x 500mm section. The room is roughly 35sqm so it will take days to get it all up.

What I want to know is can I pour a latex self levelling compound over the top? Or are there any other ways that you have come up with to deal with this problem?

I await your responses.

Regards,

Andrew

 

[pinenot]

There's a sticky at the start of this section on self levelling compound...pinenot

 

[Vandrew]

Thanks for the post, I hadn't seen that.

So just to make sure I'm not being thick, if I use the latex variety I should be fine??

 

[pinenot]

Yes, Fine...pinenot

 

[crazydaze]

You can't latex over the lino!

What floor do you plan to fit over the top?

What method of scraping the old lino up have you been using?

 

[Vandrew]

Hi

I plan to put good quality laminate over the the top with a dpm and underlay.

I've tried a scraper, a spade, a hammer and one of those osolating cutters. I really don't want to go down the route of heating it up as it will make a horrible mess of the bitumen.

 

[crazydaze]

Use 4mm or 6mm fibreboard underlay and fit straight over the top of the Lino.

Don't worry about using a second DPM, the Lino will do that job for you.