We have just carpeted our bedrooms in the flat but the mrs has her heart set on wooden floor for the main living room and corridor. We had a chat come round to fit our doors recently and he quoted for the fitting of the wood flooring when he was done but now that we have actually looked at his handiwork on the doors we don't want him anywhere near our new floor.
We have ~30m2 to fit and we are considering doing it ourselves but there are a few issues that I was hoping some of you could advise on. Its a second floor flat and pretty much everything is solid concrete. Concrete floors etc.
From what I have read, if you are laying over concrete you should lay a damp proof membrane first but see how this is a flat and not on the basement and the floor has had tiles on it before, do we still need to do this? There is a black tar like substance on the floor that the tiles were adhered to.
The second and much larger issue is that there are a number of cracks and drops in the floor in certain areas. Some are ~2mm and others are smaller. Most of the advice I have seen says that the floor needs to be very level but they are usually talking about gradual drops in the floor or undulating floors rather than small lips. Do we need to get some levelling compound on this? I have used levelling compound in some areas already before we laid the carpet but I find its quite hard to get a really nice even finish as it goes off so quickly so the thought of trying to do a large area worries me a bit.
Any advice?
We have ~30m2 to fit and we are considering doing it ourselves but there are a few issues that I was hoping some of you could advise on. Its a second floor flat and pretty much everything is solid concrete. Concrete floors etc.
From what I have read, if you are laying over concrete you should lay a damp proof membrane first but see how this is a flat and not on the basement and the floor has had tiles on it before, do we still need to do this? There is a black tar like substance on the floor that the tiles were adhered to.
The second and much larger issue is that there are a number of cracks and drops in the floor in certain areas. Some are ~2mm and others are smaller. Most of the advice I have seen says that the floor needs to be very level but they are usually talking about gradual drops in the floor or undulating floors rather than small lips. Do we need to get some levelling compound on this? I have used levelling compound in some areas already before we laid the carpet but I find its quite hard to get a really nice even finish as it goes off so quickly so the thought of trying to do a large area worries me a bit.
Any advice?
