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Re-laying wood floor with fitted wardrobes
Anonymous user 23/02/2024 - 3.33 PM
I have a wood floor in my loft conversion (engineered boards). The floor was laid when the room was completely empty and then some built in wardrobes were built on top of it The floor squeaks terribly, I guess it was poorly laid and I would like to fix this. I assume I would need to lay a whole new floor, but how can this be done with a section of it being under the fitted furniture? Many thanks for any help
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4 Answers
The Sandman
Rating: 4.9 out of 5
You would be able to use a oscillating multi tool with good blade(s) to cut trees flooring along the front of the wardrobe. Remove the flooring piling it up in order of the rows you take out (assuming it’s not been glued together). Make sure the subfloor is creak free and the. Replace the flooring using wood glue along the tongue and groove.
Leave a small expansion gap (along the wardrobe and cover with flat strip to hide the cut edges and gap).
Answered5 July 2020
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Anonymous user
A decent fitter would obviously use a multi tool to cut around the wardrobe.
Then lift and mark each row for when it goes back down.
But heres the but!!
Most fitters will fully stick and engineered floor not float it .
But you need to check your sub floor for this , if your subfloor is chipboard then you would have to overlay it with 6 or 9mm ply gluing it to the subfloor
Then screwing it at 100mm centres
Relaying of floor could then commence , applying enough glue to lay 3-4 rows at a time using straps to pull it together so no joints pull apart
Allow 10mm expansion gap around peremiter
Answered2 August 2020
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Anonymous user
Hi if is a fitter walldrop cut round the wall drop and laying rest of the room
Answered5 July 2020
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Flooring Scotland
Rating: 4.7 out of 5
Its more likely that the sub floor is causing the noise.
Lift and number the engineered flooring as described by previous tradesman. Then the sub floor may have to be renewed or repaired. A
Good quality underlay could also help with noises.
Answered19 July 2020
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