Replacing solid wooden flooring with laminate

arrianalexander

Just few questions before begin the process of above

The wooden floor has some form of underlay under it however will this be good enough for laminate or will I have to buy different (thicker) underlay for the laminate flooring

Second question is we are ripping out our kitchen to put in a new one... Once the kitchen is ripped out is that when we should put new flooring down so new kitchen units will sit on top of the floor rather then putting kitchen in first and then running flooring to meet units. My thinking is flooring first as our fridge won't be integrated and will be just pushed into a created space..

Any questions feel free to ask

And thanks in advance for any advice or help

Jonny

dodzy

arrianalexander wrote: »

Just few questions before begin the process of above

The wooden floor has some form of underlay under it however will this be good enough for laminate or will I have to buy different (thicker) underlay for the laminate flooring

Second question is we are ripping out our kitchen to put in a new one... Once the kitchen is ripped out is that when we should put new flooring down so new kitchen units will sit on top of the floor rather then putting kitchen in first and then running flooring to meet units. My thinking is flooring first as our fridge won't be integrated and will be just pushed into a created space..

Any questions feel free to ask

And thanks in advance for any advice or help

Jonny

If the underlay is in good condition, you should be fine to reuse. It's just to give the laminate a sponge feel underfoot really. If it's tatty, a new roll will only stand you €20 and will cover a large area, 25-30 Mtrs as far as I can recall.

And yes, floor before kitchen, otherwise moving under counter appliances can be troublesome down the road.

arrianalexander

dodzy wrote: »

If the underlay is in good condition, you should be fine to reuse. It's just to give the laminate a sponge feel underfoot really. If it's tatty, a new roll will only stand you €20 and will cover a large area, 25-30 Mtrs as far as I can recall.

And yes, floor before kitchen, otherwise moving under counter appliances can be troublesome down the road.

Thanks I just thought underlay wasn't thick enough and the thickness between wooden would be too much

As in flooring first thanks that's what I thought my only fear was if we went to change floor down the line would be harder if it was down under kitchen cabinets

Bonzo Delaney

arrianalexander wrote: »

Thanks I just thought underlay wasn't thick enough and the thickness between wooden would be too much

As in flooring first thanks that's what I thought my only fear was if we went to change floor down the line would be harder if it was down under kitchen cabinets

I always worked under the rule if thumb if it's tiles tile the whole floor first
If it's timber fit after the kitchen goes in. Fit just under the kicker boards and in under any appliances up to the wall.
Don't know if there is a right or wrong way I just always found this way less troublesome eg no chance of kitchen fitters damaging floor or sparks,tilers,plumbers ect. If the floor goes in last there's never a row about who scratched it. Just inform the kitchen fitters what thickness of floor is going down.