Hi. Just tried to take up vinyl in kitchen(very difficult). Its on 6mm ply. I know i should be overboarding with 12mm but can i just leave it down and double up wiyh 6mm? Advice would be appreciated. Thanks, Kev.

I would persevere kev and take it up...Best not to cut corners at this stage of the job..

Ok, thanks. Just read about product called hardibacker board. Is that better than ply?

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Ok, thanks. Just read about product called hardibacker board. Is that better than ply?

I use nothing but hardibacker now kev....much much more moisture stable than plywood......as long as your substrate is solid, then no probs at all..

Subsrate? Do you not screw it? Thanks for your help.

Hi kev...

Substrate is your original floor base.

Yes you stick hardi down with flexible adhesive and then screw it down every 200mm..

The hardi sheets do have suggested fixing locations on the face of the board..

Thanks very much.

No probs and good luck...

Maybe you can register and pop back and let us know how you get on..