Still working on getting the en-suite finished off (my dad's doing it
for me) and he's suggested hardboard sheets to "flatten" the floor a
bit, rather than it going direct onto floorboards.

I have a few reservations though...

The hardboard seems to do a good job of highlighting hollows in the
floor, so while it might be a flatter surface overall, it also bounces
a bit where the underlying floor is uneven.

The back-to-wall units go all the way to the floor, they're not the
sort on legs with clip-on fascias, so he's talking about sitting them
on top of the vinyl - which happens to be the plushest / deepest we
could find (and the hardboard below that) which might make the vinyl
"lift" slightly around load-bearing edges for the units etc.

If the vinyl needs replacing, this then causes problems with
essentially needing to gut the room to get the new stuff in - unless
i'm missing something obvious :-}

The only way around it that I can see would be to run a blade around
the fixtures and fit the new vinyl up to the edges, but that'd look a
bit crap, even with silicone to seal the edges.

Any ideas on best practice in these circumstances would be welcome :-}

"Colin Wilson" o.uk wrote
in message ...
Still working on getting the en-suite finished off (my dad's doing it
for me) and he's suggested hardboard sheets to "flatten" the floor a
bit, rather than it going direct onto floorboards.

I have a few reservations though...

The hardboard seems to do a good job of highlighting hollows in the
floor, so while it might be a flatter surface overall, it also bounces
a bit where the underlying floor is uneven.

The back-to-wall units go all the way to the floor, they're not the
sort on legs with clip-on fascias, so he's talking about sitting them
on top of the vinyl - which happens to be the plushest / deepest we
could find (and the hardboard below that) which might make the vinyl
"lift" slightly around load-bearing edges for the units etc.

If the vinyl needs replacing, this then causes problems with
essentially needing to gut the room to get the new stuff in - unless
i'm missing something obvious :-}

The only way around it that I can see would be to run a blade around
the fixtures and fit the new vinyl up to the edges, but that'd look a
bit crap, even with silicone to seal the edges.

Any ideas on best practice in these circumstances would be welcome :-}



Bouncy hardboard: not so with extensive use of hardboard nails.

mark

On 2 Nov, 01:01, Colin Wilson
o.uk wrote:
Still working on getting the en-suite finished off (my dad's doing it
for me) and he's suggested hardboard sheets to "flatten" the floor a
bit, rather than it going direct onto floorboards.

I have a few reservations though...

The hardboard seems to do a good job of highlighting hollows in the
floor, so while it might be a flatter surface overall, it also bounces
a bit where the underlying floor is uneven.

The back-to-wall units go all the way to the floor, they're not the
sort on legs with clip-on fascias, so he's talking about sitting them
on top of the vinyl - which happens to be the plushest / deepest we
could find (and the hardboard below that) which might make the vinyl
"lift" slightly around load-bearing edges for the units etc.

If the vinyl needs replacing, this then causes problems with
essentially needing to gut the room to get the new stuff in - unless
i'm missing something obvious :-}

The only way around it that I can see would be to run a blade around
the fixtures and fit the new vinyl up to the edges, but that'd look a
bit crap, even with silicone to seal the edges.

Any ideas on best practice in these circumstances would be welcome :-}

I've used 6 mm plywood on top of old floor boards - worked well and
the floor boards were not very level.
Fit the vinyl underneath and worry about replacing it if/when you have
to

Bouncy hardboard: not so with extensive use of hardboard nails.

mark

Yes indeed. I bought one of the cheap screwfix electric nail guns to do this
in a sensible time (and to save my fingers). About every six to eight inches
in each direction.

Bouncy hardboard: not so with extensive use of hardboard nails.
Yes indeed. I bought one of the cheap screwfix electric nail guns to do this
in a sensible time (and to save my fingers). About every six to eight inches
in each direction.

Cheers, i'll get him to dig his out !