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Posted by Not@home on November 20, 2006, 11:18 am
I have cork in my bathroom. I think it is about as flexible as vinyl or
linoleum, but any hard surface is going to show your hump. I think the
best solution is to fix the defect in the subflooring.
Fred Wilson wrote:
> Hahaha, funny reply. Not really a shortcut. Is there really a shortcut
> for my stupidity?
>
>
> Be kind of hard to redo the job, the basement if completely finished.
>
> What about Cork floor. Think it might be flexible enough to mold to the
> hump and not be too noticeable?
>
> Thanks,
> Fred
>
>
> bamboo@localnet.com wrote:
>> Take the bolts out and see if it slips any, run a sawzall down the glue
>> line.
>> Redo the repair.
>> Or set your tile in a full mortar bed and adjust for the hump.
>>
>> What? you thought there was a shortcut?
>>
>> Fred Wilson wrote:
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> My wife has had it with the carpet in our kitchen (i really don't blame
>>> her). So we all know what that means, Fred is going to be installing
>>> flooring.
>>>
>>> Here is the catch. A few years ago I remodeled our basement. One of the
>>> joist under the kitchen was failing so I put in another joist next to
>>> the old one. In doing so, I jacked up the floor a little too far and did
>>> not catch it until it was way too late; after the glue dried and the
>>> bolts were in.
>>>
>>> So anyway, there is hump in the floor. It is not visually noticeable
>>> with the carpet down but you can feel it when you walk across the floor.
>>> I have to say, that portion of the floor is REAL strong.
>>>
>>> Short of very small tile (really don't want tile) what are our options?
>>> I really think that using sheet lanolium would be a very bad idea as it
>>> will telegraph the hump and cheapen the kitchen.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>> Fred
>>
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