What is sub-floor preparation?
Subfloors that have been properly prepared and installed provide a strong basis for your flooring, assuring its usefulness and lifespan for many years.
Unfortunately, most people are unaware of the importance of a good subfloor and the time and effort required to examine and validate its integrity.
Since one carefully structured subfloor is so vital to the overall function of your new flooring, it’s necessary to understand all the many parts of subfloor preparation. It’s vital to remember that putting new floors over existing ones might cause problems with the overall aesthetic of the flooring, appliance clearance, adding extra height that can make doors swing improperly, and adding unneeded weight.
Selecting and correctly installing an appropriate subfloor ensures a lasting quality finish for any flooring product.
Why is subfloor important?
The subfloor’s quality has a direct impact on the flooring’s performance; hence a bad subfloor might lead the floor to collapse or underperform.
Uneven areas, elevated wear on high spots, unsightly surface differences, reduced shelf life, sagging, squeaking within the floor system, lowered comfort, excessive movement and shifting, separation or harm can all result from a subfloor that is not flat, dry, properly cleaned, structurally sound, or faulty in any way. These problems might worsen with time, necessitating the repair or replacement of some or all flooring. To provide you with the greatest solution, we carefully examine and consider all of the relevant criteria.
How we proceed?
Across many commercial flooring projects, we supply and lay subfloors including rapid set screeds, smoothing compounds, liquid damp proof membranes and plywood substrates.
Typically, we lay 3mm screed on concrete subfloors or 6mm plywood over existing timber substrate.
We carry out full surveys on every project, reporting on moisture levels and site conditions to determine the best subfloor solution.
Flooring Compare
| Flooring type | installation | maintenance | Appearance | Scratch proof | Moisture proof | Family friendly | noise | Shelf life | cost |
| Laminate | Easy | Easy | Medium | Medium | low | High | Medium | Low | Low |
| Engineered | Easy | Difficult | High | Low | High | Medium | Low | High | Medium |
| Solid | Easy | Difficult | High | Low | Medium | Medium | Low | High | High |
| Vinyl | Difficult | Easy | Low | High | High | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
FAQs
Do you have a product to accelerate drying times?
Which subfloors can you supply and lay?
We can advise on the best subfloor product depending on the overall project needs. Our team is experienced in fitting all types of subflooring, including rapid set screeds, smoothing compounds, liquid damp proof membranes and plywood substrate.
Can you perform a subflooring assessment?
Yes, our experts can conduct a complete site survey to ascertain your flooring requirements.
Do you install liquid damp proof membranes?
Yes, we supply and lay liquid DPMs and moisture suppressants, across a range of projects.
Can you remove and dispose of old floor coverings?
Yes, we do this as part of our site preparation work and take pride in keeping workspaces tidy. Where possible, we recycle used carpet and vinyl flooring to reduce landfill waste – a key sustainability challenge for the flooring industry.
Can you remove and dispose of old floor coverings?
Yes, simply complete the details on our quotation form and one of our customer advisors will be in touch with an initial quotation.
Do you offer onsite consultations?
Yes, for many projects we are able to visit sites to provide a consultation and estimate for the project. Please request a consultation and our team will contact you.