I'm helping my son put a play room in his basement (about 330sf). He'd like to use laminate flooring. The flooring would go in top of a concrete floor.
The house is 40 years old and there is some generalized spalling across the surface of the concrete floor. The floor was painted some time ago but much of it has peeled along with the spalling. In general, the depth of spalling is around 1/8".
The question is: what sort of underlayment should we use? Would cushioned (rolled out) sheeting work? How thick would it have to be? Or does the whole floor need to be leveled with epoxy floor leveler? Also, Home Depot has some flooring panels, though they're a bit pricey. A photo is attached.
Every flooring material has recommended flatness, (not levelness) you will need to check your floor using a long level and patch areas that are low.
And depending on the manufacturers recommendation underlayment's may or may not be required. If they are I have used this product from HD and was happy with it.
I've got 2 or 3 soft spots in a laminate floor. I can't really take up the floor to install shims so I've seen a couple of ways to fix including injecting urethane foam (1x door and window foam) or injecting glue.
has anyone tried these methods with any success?
The laminate has a layer of foam underlay attached to it so would need to be something that bonds plywood to foam.
I.m not sure if this is the correct forum for cork tiles, I thought that since cork tiles are made of wood, maybe it is the right forum. If not please forgive me.
There are cork tiles over 60 years old in my bedroom.. I applied two coats of Miniwax Stain + Poly. It turned out beautiful! However, three months later it started all peeling up. Is there a brand of stain that will work? Removing the Miniwax Stain has been a lot of work and I have put a lot of scratches and holes in the tile.
If anyone knows about cork tiles and have any suggestions, please reply.
Thank you.
Nancy
12-26-21, 01:30 PM
