Right chippy's I need help, I'm about to lay laminate flooring in my living room, With help from a mate, I have a suspended wooden foor ( ie Foor boards) and the floor boards are not in good shape, they have curled up so i have a bumpy floor not that you could notice with carpet and underlay down, My dad said to cover it with hard board first, but one of my mates said use ply if i can afford to or if Im going to use hard board soak it with a hose first and lay it wet and pin it down and let it dry out then it will be stretched out tight, cause it would be expanded when wet and will shrink when dryed out.

What do you guys think is the best option, I don't wanna lay a few hundred quids worth of flooring and find its all done shit in six months time cause the floor under it was crap.

any help would be much appreciated.

steve.