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Kitchen Fitting

What's the best way to cover 27" x 23" hole in kitchen floor

Anonymous user 23/02/2024 - 3.24 PM

My kitchen has a raised surface (plinth height with a wooden top (same as the countertop). It's depth is not enough to support my fridge so I had wanted to remove it and have that area tiled to match the rest of the kitchen floor. Pulling the top up reveals a shallow cavity and some pvc pipes (in use) in the lefthand corner and what looks like an unused copper pipe in the middle. If advisable whats the best way to be able to achieve my goal of having it tiled?

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5 Answers

Anonymous user

Sorry Darren, but its hard to understand the situation from your description. Given the image I have in my head from it you would have to remove the section of false floor ( made of countertop?) and then place new wooden structure underneath, to support a new false floor set about half an inch lower than the current surface. Once this is in place you can tile to bring the surface back up to the same hight as the existing. Hope that helps
Answered30 June 2019
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Renovate76

Rating: 5 out of 5
Cheltenham
Difficult one to answer with out seeing it first hand , may be better to get someone local out to take a look and advise
Answered30 June 2019
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Anonymous user

Yes as the rest have said it's hard to imagine, one thing for sure is the pipes are accessible for a reason so it needs to be something that is accessible to a certain point aswel, Bring it upto just below finished floor level, peice of 6mm hardibacker, fibre tape the joins and tile it flush with existing floor, job done! Good luck
Answered6 July 2019
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Gem Property Maintenance

Rating: 5 out of 5
Melksham
The emphasis would be on timber or ply structure as tile adhesive won't stick to chipboard flooring due to it having waxed surface, unless you go down a specialist adhesive route...
Answered8 July 2019
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Artistic Enterprise Ltd.

Rating: 5 out of 5
Chipping Norton
First you have to lag the pipework either with a suitable tape or lagging material, this is to protect from the cement. Then pour in a sand & cement mixture- 4 parts sand to 1 part cement and water, mixture shouldn't be too runny, level with a trowel. Let dry for 24 hrs. This solution is only if the pipework does not need to be accessible at a later stage.
Answered25 April 2020
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