Hi,

Some time ago we had vinyl flooring laid through our hallway.

It was recommended to us by the flooring contractor that we should have 
hardboard laid first over the floorboards before the vinyl was glued 
down on to it.
They were going to charge roughly 100 to do that, so we thought we'd do 
it ourselves.
The sheets we laid were about 4 foot by 3 foot, so there were a few 
joints, although they were flush with each other with no visible 'steps' 
between boards.

However since then very slight 'creasing' has appeared where the 
hardboard joints are. It's hardly noticeable except in certain lighting 
conditions.

Anyway, we're now thinking of having the conservatory and kitchen/diner 
floor covered in vinyl in the same way, and I was wondering if there is 
a knack to laying the hardboard sheets so that the joints don't 
eventually appear (even using larger sheets this time there'd still be a 
few joints).

Also the conservatory floor is concrete, so how would I go about fixing 
hardboard to this?

Thanks in advance,
Tony.

On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 18:09:27 GMT, Tony Carnell 
wrote:


>Hi,
>
>Some time ago we had vinyl flooring laid through our hallway.
>
>It was recommended to us by the flooring contractor that we should have 
>hardboard laid first over the floorboards before the vinyl was glued 
>down on to it.
>They were going to charge roughly 100 to do that, so we thought we'd do 
>it ourselves.
>The sheets we laid were about 4 foot by 3 foot, so there were a few 
>joints, although they were flush with each other with no visible 'steps' 
>between boards.
>
>However since then very slight 'creasing' has appeared where the 
>hardboard joints are. It's hardly noticeable except in certain lighting 
>conditions.
>
>Anyway, we're now thinking of having the conservatory and kitchen/diner 
>floor covered in vinyl in the same way, and I was wondering if there is 
>a knack to laying the hardboard sheets so that the joints don't 
>eventually appear (even using larger sheets this time there'd still be a 
>few joints).
>
>Also the conservatory floor is concrete, so how would I go about fixing 
>hardboard to this?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Tony.


Uhm, I thought the reason for putting hardboard down over floorboards
was that the gaps between the floorboards would show through
otherwise. You don't have any gaps in a concrete floor so it won't be
a problem.

Mr F.

In article <rPWZe.1232$iW5.989@fe3.news.blueyonder.co.uk>, 
tony@fluvius.co.uk says...

> Hi,
> 
> Some time ago we had vinyl flooring laid through our hallway.
> 
> It was recommended to us by the flooring contractor that we should have 
> hardboard laid first over the floorboards before the vinyl was glued 
> down on to it.
> They were going to charge roughly £100 to do that, so we thought we'd do 
> it ourselves.
> The sheets we laid were about 4 foot by 3 foot, so there were a few 
> joints, although they were flush with each other with no visible 'steps' 
> between boards.
> 
> However since then very slight 'creasing' has appeared where the 
> hardboard joints are. It's hardly noticeable except in certain lighting 
> conditions.
> 
> Anyway, we're now thinking of having the conservatory and kitchen/diner 
> floor covered in vinyl in the same way, and I was wondering if there is 
> a knack to laying the hardboard sheets so that the joints don't 
> eventually appear (even using larger sheets this time there'd still be a 
> few joints).
> 
> Also the conservatory floor is concrete, so how would I go about fixing 
> hardboard to this?
> 

You don't need hardboard on concrete, just some self-levelling compound 
like this
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?cId=101883&ts=59081&id=47264

Next time you are putting hardboard on a wooden floor get one of the 
cheap-ish electric nailers from Screwfix and use lots of 15 mm pins.

In article , Newshound
 writes

>Next time you are putting hardboard on a wooden floor get one of the 
>cheap-ish electric nailers from Screwfix and use lots of 15 mm pins. 


I did mine rough side up, edges butted tight together, nailed at 9" centres
all round the edge, an inch in & with the middle nailed at 9" centres too. I
taped the seams with duct tape which should not show through.

Oh, and buy your hardboard from a builders' merchant, not that gloss faced
cardboard you get in the sheds that wont hold a nail.
-- 
fred