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Hello,
My partner and I have just bought a fixer-upper and are looking to transform this laundry/toilet area at the back of the house. We are going to plaster these walls and put down some sort of flooring- perhaps vinyl floorboard tiles or regular tiles. Are there any simple ways to raise the floor to meet the floor in the kitchen, that we could do ourselves? The difference between the lower floor and the other (raised) floors is 120mm.
Thanks!
Hello @LizB88
Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community. It's sensational to have you join us, and thanks for sharing your question about raising the level of your floor.
A relatively easy way to increase the level of your floor is to build a timber frame and installing a timber panel above it such as yellow tounge or plywood. The tricky part is getting the height correct in regards to the thickness of the panels. For example, if you used 90x45 timber framing plus two plywood panels one in 19mm and one in 12mm you would have a total of 121mm.
Now if you are putting flooring above this, you'll need to change thickness of the panels, but this will depend on the type of flooring you'll be putting in. I've placed a sample image below to give you an idea of how it can be done. Please note that the measurements are for reference only
If you have any other questions we can help with, please let us know.
Eric
Thanks Eric, that is really helpful.
In the case that we decide not to raise the floor (and leave as is), and instead cover the floor of the lower area, as well as the two concrete floor rooms in fake floorboards- something like this HanWood 7mm 2.41m² Elk Brown Laminate - Bunnings Australia....
1. will we be able to do this over the steps/raised parts?
2. We obviously wont be able to get laminate/vinyl floor boards that match the current floorboard in the kitchen (see photo) and therefore what would you recommend doing to that concrete step area that connects the real floor boards to the fake floor boards to make it a smooth transition?
Any other ideas you have for the flooring would be great. We were also considering tiling the whole area but it is already a really cold area of the house and therefore think tiles might be too cold. NB: This is the only toilet in the house and this area is a pretty flimsy addition, so we want to try and make it feel less like an 'outhouse/mudroom' and more like part of the rest of the house.
Thanks!
Good Evening @LizB88
Now that is a doozy of a question....
I was going for @EricL 's raised floor idea and leave the slight concrete rise as is... But now mmmmmm
Going to the bathroom through a colder room would be a skippity skip skip back and fourth on those cold nights. The fake floorboards would insulate a little but how about some thick solid carpet or carpet tiles? I bought a bunch of second hand carpet tiles via a carpet place and love how they have insulated my concrete floor in the garage. No moisture issues and it really feels warm in there throughout winter.
I actally like the difference between the "thresh hold" and the timber floor, I dont think you will be able to put laminate floorboards down over it tho 😕 If you are set on it maybe a painted timber effect? It may be hard but could work. Id practice on some old surface first tho 
Just had a thought about raising the floor.Is the back door at the same level as the concrete floor we can see? If it is and you raise the floor then that first step will be high and I mean high! Somethingto facor in just in case.
Looking forward to seeing the project unfold Love fixer uppers for this reason!
Dave
