leveling compound advice plz.

[jwatson]

moving to a new house and the previous tenant has tiled the whole ground floor,
I plan to put carpet in the living room but know the grout lines will eventually show through and ruin the carpet.
should i rip up old tiles or could I put leveling compound down over the tiles?
thanks in advance

 

[Ian]

What's the substrate? You could SLC if the old tiles are sound, would be cheaper to take the old ones up, if they come up easily.

 

[jwatson]

not 100% sure but I think it is a concrete screed. as most of the houses in the area have that substrate

 

[jwatson]

will have a bash at getting them up, any tips on a floor bot 20m2 ish. hire a kango??

 

[Del W]

Would using a thicker than normal underlay not solve the problem ?

 

[Andy Allen]

i wouldn't of thought they would show through, if you used a hessian backed carpet and thick underlay.....dan got a carpet fitters forum somewhere...:lol:

 

[Ian]

Yeah, or a breaker drill with a chisel bit. Get a dust mask, some goggles and ear defenders though!

 

[Ian]

i wouldn't of thought they would show through, if you used a hessian backed carpet and thick underlay.....dan got a carpet fitters forum somewhere...:lol:

Might be covered in the flooring forum :smilewinkgrin:

 

[Stewart]

A quality underlay will be fine....

 

[nybor62]

quality underlay should do it , save you a lot of hard work

 

[Mike Mike]

Don't waste your time trying to take the tiles up! As someone else has said, with decent underlay the grout lines are unlikely to show through on your carpet.

But if you really must, then prime the tiles then trowel a thin layer of Uzin smoothing compound over them. This is NOT self levelling compound, it can be trowelled on much thinner, and requires firm trowelling effort. It's what floor layers' use before laying vinyl / PVC safety flooring, or linoleum, and trust me, they show up things like grout lines 100 times more than a carpet would.

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[DHTiling]

moving to a new house and the previous tenant has tiled the whole ground floor,
I plan to put carpet in the living room but know the grout lines will eventually show through and ruin the carpet.
should i rip up old tiles or could I put leveling compound down over the tiles?
thanks in advance

An underlay and carpet will be fine... no different to laying over floor board joints if you think about it...

 

[Mike Mike]

An underlay and carpet will be fine... no different to laying over floor board joints if you think about it...

Unless his former tenant is the genius who laid that slate floor in that other post... :lol:

 

[charlie1]

If you just lay the underlay then carpet, in time if you like, you can have your floor tiled for free!