Leveling a floor for laminate installation
 

We just had our floor measured for a laminate floor installation. In
the process of measuring the area, the contractor also documented
three crowns in the floor - 2 measuring 1/4" and one at 3/8" over
about 2-3 square feet. Home Depot told us they would not do the
installation with these imperfections. I've decided to take care of
the crowns, and do the installation myself.

Is there a floor leveling compound out there that can be used over
vinyl, or will I need to rip this up, and apply the compound to the
sub-floor?

I know not every floor is perfect, but are these imperfections big
enough to be worried about the subfloor? i.e. - given the size of the
crowns, should I rip up the vinyl to address this anyway?

Finally, if I am willing to pay Home Depot to do the installation, why
wouldn't they offer to level the floor for me, and make a little more
money on the job? But that is probably for another newsgroup...

Thanks,

Ben

Leveling a floor for laminate installation
 

I had some spots that needed to be leveled, and I doubt if the company that
I would of hired to do the install would of corredted the problem.

What I did was take a utility knife to cut the the vinyl where the floor
needed to be corrected. It was an easy job as I used a sharpe stiff putty
knife to scrape up the vinyl, and expose the plywood floor.

My floor settled over the suport beam in the basement, not the entire floor
just in spots.

Some of the areas I corrected were 28in wide X 7ft long.I bought the leveler
at Lowes came in 30lb bags if I remember right.

Tom


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We just had our floor measured for a laminate floor installation. In
the process of measuring the area, the contractor also documented
three crowns in the floor - 2 measuring 1/4" and one at 3/8" over
about 2-3 square feet. Home Depot told us they would not do the
installation with these imperfections. I've decided to take care of
the crowns, and do the installation myself.

Is there a floor leveling compound out there that can be used over
vinyl, or will I need to rip this up, and apply the compound to the
sub-floor?

I know not every floor is perfect, but are these imperfections big
enough to be worried about the subfloor? i.e. - given the size of the
crowns, should I rip up the vinyl to address this anyway?

Finally, if I am willing to pay Home Depot to do the installation, why
wouldn't they offer to level the floor for me, and make a little more
money on the job? But that is probably for another newsgroup...

Thanks,

Ben