Charles McKinley
12-15-2005, 4:36 PM
Hi All,
A friend of mine has a house that is 95 years old and the last couple owners were not real bright.
A new floor needs put in the kitchen but it slopes in two directions (not sure how much). The construction is joist covered by 2X material covered by ply with linoleum.
Questions:
Does the linoleum have to come off or can it just be covered?
Should the old ply come out too?
How would you level it?
My thoughts are to use thin sleepers then sub-floor sheeting over it.
The press is on to redo it now as a pipe leaked under the sink and damaged the press board cupboards and covered the floor with water (I have not seen it since the water damage this week.). I think linoleum tiles will be put down for the new floor. Cost is a big consideration for this project and I will probably donate my labor for it.
Thank you in advance,
A friend of mine has a house that is 95 years old and the last couple owners were not real bright.
A new floor needs put in the kitchen but it slopes in two directions (not sure how much). The construction is joist covered by 2X material covered by ply with linoleum.
Questions:
Does the linoleum have to come off or can it just be covered?
Should the old ply come out too?
How would you level it?
My thoughts are to use thin sleepers then sub-floor sheeting over it.
The press is on to redo it now as a pipe leaked under the sink and damaged the press board cupboards and covered the floor with water (I have not seen it since the water damage this week.). I think linoleum tiles will be put down for the new floor. Cost is a big consideration for this project and I will probably donate my labor for it.
Thank you in advance,