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Just been to look at a conservatory, it was built a year ago and the customer says the installers said it has a floating floor. Which as far as I can see is 18mm T&G Weyroc over some sort of polystyrene sheet (about 25mm thick) over concrete. None of which seem to be fixed to the other, just laid one on top of the other with the T&G joints glued. All of the joints stand up by about 7 or 8mm which suggests that either they have swelled or the boards have sagged in the middle into the polystyrene underlay either way it is very wavy (as far as I can see there are no joists under the flooring the whole lot just sits on whatever concrete was laid). The main part of the floor seems reasonably stable but some of the boards do move when walked on and in addition there are several places around the edge where the floor flexes downwards by up to 10 to 20 mm when you stand on it. The customer wants 300X200 porcelain tiles laid on it. Would 12mm ply screwed and glued hold this together without the tiles and or grout breaking up ? Personally I think it wants ripping up and starting again, with new joists to support a 25mm floor. Any ideas would be welcome.