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Re: Any flooring experts?
« Reply #15 on: 08 November 2018, 20:15:16 »

Thanks  :y

Tiles are ceramic  :)
Take a photo, as I doubt a developer would use anything other than standard, cheap flexible floor tiles.

Ain’t flexible floor tiles, one has chipped
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Re: Any flooring experts?
« Reply #16 on: 09 November 2018, 16:55:17 »

FWIW, assuming the tiles are ceramic, I would use a self levelling compound to give a smooth finish, then put the floor covering over that.

Similarly, if there is a patch of floor without tiles, you can get some high build floor leveller (max c15mm I think).

Of course by the time you've done that and added carpet and underlay, you're probably up 1" on your starting floor level. Not necessarily a problem, as long as you can live with an odd door bar. In our last place, we put reclaimed pine boards down on a concrete floor, which took us up about 1". I graded this out over 2-3" by planing and sanding the first board in the doorway and when it was done it wasn't noticeable.

Personally I wouldn't bother lifting the floor - did it in an old house and, as said it was messy and an unpleasant job.
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Re: Any flooring experts?
« Reply #17 on: 09 November 2018, 17:06:50 »

Isn't sorting out the old kitchen electrical,plumbing, plaster ,decor and floor part of the quote anyway, "making good" ?
in which case ,it's the builders problem  ;D
you need a list of what is included and what is p̶a̶y̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶o̶n̶e̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶b̶u̶i̶l̶d̶e̶r̶'̶s̶ ̶h̶o̶l̶i̶d̶a̶y̶s̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶u̶n̶ "extras" :y
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Re: Any flooring experts?
« Reply #18 on: 09 November 2018, 20:26:25 »

I do have such a list. Flooring is extra, hence question.  :y
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