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Default Lino on unlevel floorboards

R D S wrote:
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John Rumm wrote:
R D S wrote:
I pulled the laminate up from our bathroom floor to replace it with
lino.
The floor isn't in bad condition but there are a couple of boards which
are thinner than the rest, unnoticable before but now more obvious when
you step there.
It isn't bothering me enough to warrant doing anything drastic but I
have wondered about 'plastering' over the depressed parts with
something.
I guess it would have to be something uncrumbly, any ideas on something
that would work well?
Best I can come up with is a bit of tarmac
Either lift the low boards and add packers on the joists to bring them up
level, or screw 6 or 9mm WBP ply down all over.

2mm mdf just on the thin boards maybe?
Covering the whole floor creates a step at the doorway, and would probably
mean trimming the door. Depends what the OP means by "drastic" :-)


I doubt I could get anything 'bob on' so if I was to start screwing stuff
onto the boards I would probably end up with raised bits.
As I said I am not bothered or I would replace the questionable boards or
board over the lot (which would involve taking the bog out again, which is
where I can't be arsed), my only concern is that I hope to sell the house in
a few months and what doesn't bother me might bother a potential buyer.
I wondered if there was some sort of glob which would set hard but not break
up that I could spread over the offending areas.



Plaster with lashings of pva mixed in might do it