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Anyone have a floor fitted by Des Kelly?

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  • #32
    D13exile
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 728 ✭✭✭D13exile


    Muahahaha wrote: »
    Thanks for the tips D13Exile, especially on shaving the doors down- you were right- they are cheapo hollow core doors so not much to be shaved off them. Think I'll just go ahead and get it taken up altogether and be done with it. Not going to lay the new floor myself as it is part of a larger renovation with a carpenter on site anyway. Im sure I could do it but I couldnt do it as well as they will with no visible joins, cleans edges and lines, etc

    Had just been researching underlay -do you have any recommendations for specs or brands? The flooring companies seem to sell a lot of unbranded stuff which probably gives them the highest margins but isnt a good product.

    Also Im going to insulate the floor while the old one is up. Plan is to go with 50mm Xtratherm boards- would using these negate the need for underlay altogether or is it still needed?

    I always use the green wood fibre boards from B&Q as underlay. Been using them for years and they still do their job of supporting the laminate while keeping the cold down even after 12 years.

    As for the xtratherm, that is used between floorboards when the house is built over a void. It wouldn't be used as an underlay for laminate though. I've used it in my attic to insulate the walls and between the joists but it would not be suitable as an underlay, due to its thickness and especially as it'd break down with weight being directly applied to it by furniture and walking on it. Its not a load bearing substance. So that idea is a non starter.


  • #33
    GreeBo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,249 ✭✭✭✭GreeBo


    ^ op is asking if they still need underlay if they also have insulated floors...
    Op underlay helps with sound insulation but also makes the floor softer to walk on, so yep, I'd still use a good underlay even on an insulated floor.


  • #34
    D13exile
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 728 ✭✭✭D13exile


    GreeBo wrote: »
    ^ op is asking if they still need underlay if they also have insulated floors...
    Op underlay helps with sound insulation but also makes the floor softer to walk on, so yep, I'd still use a good underlay even on an insulated floor.

    My apologies. I misunderstood the OP. Thought he wanted to use the xtratherm as underlay!!. I agree with Greebo, even if your subfloor is insulated, a good quality underlay will have many benefits including making the floor "nicer" to walk on and giving a softer sound.


  • #35
    Muahahaha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,687 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    Yeah, will still get the underlay so. Product Im thinking of using is this https://www.xtratherm.com/products/xo-uf/ but at the moment I dont know how deep the floor is underneath and whether or not it can take 50mm of insulation then underlay then the laminate floor on top. I know its a concrete floor but have to open it up to see if insulation boards would fit without raising the laminate floor too high.


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