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Alright, dudes. I'm going to lay some cheap linoleum in my mudroom. Looking for some advice.
The story is that I will be selling my house within the year. My mudroom contains my washing machine and is also the main area where we enter the house, and so where all the wet shoes end up. For some awful reason, the previous folks put carpet in it. I've ignored it until now but I know it would be a huge turnoff to buyers. Today I ripped up the carpet to find underneath was scrap pieces of linoleum. This prevented any water damage and I now have a bare wood subfloor.
My issue is that the subfloor is not perfectly smooth and I'm worried the imperfections will show up in a linoleum floor. Should I use wood fillee and sand the bad spots, or just use the laminate floor foam underlay I have left over from another project?
Also, is glueless linoleum good enough? It's a very small space. I would staple the edges and cut trim to cover the gaps.
Picture somewhat related, it was me removing a million staples with bits of carpet padding and linoleum stuck to it.
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They sell fill/leveling compound, don't they? If the rest of your house is well-kept then you might as well do it but if it's shitty noone will notice senpai
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>>1109446
My mudroom is actually a porch with insulated floor and roof, so it is not technicality attached to the house. The only imperfections are because the plywood used is cheap and has some knots.
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>>1109435
You could probably hit it with a light sand to flatten it out
Or spend a bit more on the lino that has a decent backing underlay that will work with the material. I would think laminate flooring underlay would feel odd underfoot
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thought about outdoor carpet
that will hide imperfections and be easy to throw down
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>>1109466
Should be right if its ply or yellowtongue. Just a skim will be enough - you probably wont get it perfectly flat but you should smooth out the deviations enough.
It would be worth testing what a piece of lino feels like with the underlay - but typically lino will have its own backing that is sufficient.
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