Happy Easter, good people!
Since Easter doesn't mean rest, we're renovating the house to the fullest. I've encountered a small problem and now I would like to test a solution with the people here on the forum.
I've torn down a wall between the living room and kitchen. The idea is to extend the existing floor (herringbone parquet) in the living room into the kitchen. Currently, there's a vinyl floor in the kitchen, and it is level with the existing living room floor. The plan is to remove the vinyl and lay parquet flooring that is 16 mm thick in the kitchen. The problem is that since the vinyl is marginally thicker, there will be a relatively large height difference between the new and existing floor.
Opting for a list and accepting different heights is not an option, so my thought was to tear up the subfloor in the kitchen, which consists of 24 mm thick boards. Then reinforce the existing framework with a lot of new joists and then lay pine plywood that builds up 7 mm, leaving about 16 mm to lay the new floor on. The idea is that a bunch of joists must be added for the plywood to handle the loads since it doesn't have the same thickness as the existing boards.
So, the question is - is there anything that speaks against having a ton of joists in terms of construction? Economy, time, and workload should not be considered.
Thanks in advance!
/lillazorro
Since Easter doesn't mean rest, we're renovating the house to the fullest. I've encountered a small problem and now I would like to test a solution with the people here on the forum.
I've torn down a wall between the living room and kitchen. The idea is to extend the existing floor (herringbone parquet) in the living room into the kitchen. Currently, there's a vinyl floor in the kitchen, and it is level with the existing living room floor. The plan is to remove the vinyl and lay parquet flooring that is 16 mm thick in the kitchen. The problem is that since the vinyl is marginally thicker, there will be a relatively large height difference between the new and existing floor.
Opting for a list and accepting different heights is not an option, so my thought was to tear up the subfloor in the kitchen, which consists of 24 mm thick boards. Then reinforce the existing framework with a lot of new joists and then lay pine plywood that builds up 7 mm, leaving about 16 mm to lay the new floor on. The idea is that a bunch of joists must be added for the plywood to handle the loads since it doesn't have the same thickness as the existing boards.
So, the question is - is there anything that speaks against having a ton of joists in terms of construction? Economy, time, and workload should not be considered.
Thanks in advance!
/lillazorro
Many seem to lower chipboard flooring between the existing joists instead of putting in "a whole lot of new joists." The chipboard option seems simpler. If it fits better, the chipboard flooring can be, for example, only halfway lowered.
Thanks for the tip, BirgitS. It indeed seems easier to do it that way instead. I will open up the floor and see how the joists are positioned here.BirgitS said:
I did something similar to what you planned. The existing floor was 23-24mm self-supporting, and I wanted to be at the same level for various reasons with a 16mm new floor. I added a lot of extra framing and put in thin plywood. It probably would have been sturdier with a "real" subfloor, but the result is fully satisfactory, and I would do the same again.
Thanks for the answer. I'll figure out which option involves the least work after I've opened up and checked. It's nice to know my idea wasn't completely off the wall 😄P pjkw said: