Like tiles hardwood and laminate floors are generally a bad idea on uneven floors.
Floating floor over uneven tiles.
One option on a floor that will have only minor depressions is to prepare the subfloor first using a self leveling compound.
The floor can have an unlevel subfloor and still have a base for a nice laminate floor.
Before you do you ll need to level the floor.
Laminate flooring on an uneven subfloor can cause problems and needs to be addressed.
It s a bit confusing but a flat floor can still be slightly out of level and still create a good foundation for a long lasting floor installation.
Can be installed over another solid flooring such as existing tile vinyl hardwood.
If your floor is only mildly uneven however you may get away with installing them.
Installation of floating floors are easy and fast because planks click or snap together quickly and float above the subflooring surface.
It should be noted that even flexible flooring can be damaged if the flooring is uneven enough.
Their rigid nature shows all of the waves in an uneven floor.
Tile and composite floors look great but only when installed on completely flat surfaces.
Because of this you.
Telegraphing occurs when imperfections in the subfloor pre existing floor or grout lines from below the floating tile top layer of flooring begin to surface and.
If the floor is uneven high spots can be ground.
So a few months ago i wrote a post on how i cleaned the nasty ceramic tile i inherited when i bought my 1980 s fixer upper and while my cleaning method was highly effective at whitening grout lines and removing years of filth from the crevices in the tile i have always had major beef with ceramic tile.
Floor leveling materials are available at your local hardware store and can save you a lot of work.
Floating floor the best floor for uneven surface a floating floor is easily installed without using glue staples or nails making it an exceptional diy floor option.
Lvt flooring why i chose it.
Gradual bends in the floor surface will be fairly easy to install over but sharp corners will damage nearly any flooring option over time.
After months of investigation it became clear that the true risk of installing floating tiles over an existing floor like ceramic tiles was a phenomenon known as telegraphing.