Since having the floors replaced throughout the ground floor of our >house I have not got round to covering up the concrete under the >stairs, but now the time has come (or so I have been told).
>The original plan was to put floorboards down (wickes french pine) on >battens screwed to the floor. This would bring the floor pretty level >with the indian stone flagging which it will butt up to at the cupboard > entrance.
>However, on closer inspection in the corner the concrete seems to be >less thick (sounds a bit hollow) than the rest of the floor and the it >is a bit uneven and dips half an inch. I doubt the thickness will be an > issue for the traffic as we don't even walk on it, but I am a bit > reticent to drill into it to fix battens.
>Ultimately we just want a half decent looking surface that is fairly >level, easy to clean and quick to fit.
In the end I took Dave's advice and used copious amounts of no more nails to stick battens down, and plugged screwed one half where the concrete sounded thick. The big gaps were packed and/or splinted with
18mm WPB scribed to the floor and screwed to the sides of the battens.I finished off with Wickes french pine boards secret nailed to the battens and trimmed with skirting.
Looks good and feels solid!
Cheers for all the suggestions,
Alex.