Fitting Chipboard Flooring

Depending on the chipboard flooring product you use the method of how to lay a chipboard floor can vary between manufacturers and product ranges.

Fitting chipboard flooring.

An enhanced moisture resistant tongue and groove structural flooring board egger p5 is the backbone of our structural chipboard flooring products. Solid timber has a longer life span than chipboard flooring does but high density chipboard is less expensive and quite durable. However we ve outlined a brief guide to fitting chipboard flooring to demonstrate the potential steps involved in laying a chipboard floor. This comes in two thicknesses 19 mm and 22 mm.

How to fit chipboard flooring in an attic. Lay out all the boards across the floor testing their fit and adjusting as needed before screwing the boards down. Make sure that any chipboard you buy for flooring is flooring grade. Where chipboard flooring might get damp in the future seal the surface and all cut edges with pva woodworking adhesive.

Screw down the boards sink 1 1 4 inch screws through the chipboard into the. High density chipboard can be used as sub floor with various types of flooring such as slate tile stone wood carpet or vinyl flooring. The chipboard is sold in 2 by 8 foot tongue and groove sections. Fitting new chipboard particle board flooring.

Step 1 decide on the right type of chipboard. Continue to lay chipboard flooring across the joists for the rest of the floor ensuring the joints along the 600mm edges are staggered always avoid joining on the same joist wherever possible. Chipboard is a type of high density fiber board that is often used for subflooring. Your sub floor joists should be at 400mm centres meaning the edge of the boards always falls on a joist too.