Hi all, What's the general consensus looselay? I've seen conflicting opinions in this forum - some recommendations, and some not so complimentary. They are advertised as DIY friendly, but the more I research the more it seems that this is not the case. Thoughts?
Awful Only good if your putting it in a dark room with no furniture and plenty of expansion. I’m sure there are 1 or 2 half decent ones especially if they are designed for commercial use but domestic and diy products are poor. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Thanks Merit. That's certainly one of the opinions I've seen. You wouldn't recommend Karndean Looselay then? That's the one that I was considering. I've Karndean Art Select in the rest of the house that was laid professionally, but fancied having a go myself, and lay it in my kids bedrooms. After a few weeks of casual research I'm leaning towards getting a fitter in again to Art Select all the way through.
Looselay has to be stuck down and needs to have a perfect subfloor which really needs a professional to achieve Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Ive fitted it once, used Tackifier as recommended on here, and have had no comebacks whatsoever. Been since to measure another area and still looks good.
Hi, I have recently purchased 8 boxes of the Karndean Looselay planks in readiness to lay in my living room floor, however having read various posts on the forum I am wondering if i have done the right thing. Brief summary is as follows- Mid terraced property 1900's. Existing floor- T&G floor boards on suspended timber floor. Generally pretty level however there is approx 50mm fall from one end of the room to the other. Size of room 5 x 4.5m approx. I have over boarded the floor boards with 9mm ply, joints closely butted and screwed down with 4.0mm x 30mm c/s spax screws @ 150mm ctrs. Queries as follows- 1. As the floor isn't truly 'level' will this be a problem? 2. Do i need to skim screw heads given planks are 4.5mm thk? 3. I accept I will have to glue the planks down but what adhesive should i use. Pressure sensitive or Tackifier? Thanks in anticipation of receiving some feedback. Cheers.
I always find this a bit annoying. I'm a diyer rather than a professional. I have laid vynil several times n several different houses, with and without underfloor heating. In fact I have some 5mm thick stuff in my office now which has been there 4 years loose laid, underfloor heating, furniture, wood burner and velux windows. Cost £6.99 per m2 and fitted myself. No ripples, marks, scratches. No reflection of the crack underneath. I could make a good bet that had i stuck it down it would show the crackmjnderbesth of nothing else. Maybe I'm just lucky???
DIY l, small room, pinned with furniture, may be fine. If you start fitting it everyday, you will see lots of issues with it. Karndean even recommend you install it on their own produced tackifier. It’s on the looselay box. We fitted 10 entrance halls for flats with it last year. It wouldn’t last a day without tacki Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Oh OK, thanks. Whilst waiting for a response I did contact Karndean Technical Team and they advised using tackifier as I do not have any underfloor heating and large areas of glazing within the room.