Fitting Oak Flooring Chipboard

20mm flooring or a chipboard sub floor or existing floorboards.

Fitting oak flooring chipboard.

Chipboard is a really popular sub floor and is commonly used today in both new build and refurbishment projects. One of the key elements in the effectiveness of using chipboard as a sub floor lies in the quality of the fitting of the chipboard itself. Either solid wood flooring or engineered wood flooring can be installed onto a chipboard subfloor. Step 1 decide on the right type of chipboard.

Solid timber has a longer life span than chipboard flooring does but high density chipboard is less expensive and quite durable. 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. It is used like plywood as a subfloor beneath tile hardwood and laminate. Fitting hardwood flooring to chipboard is a cost effective and convenient solution.

Moisture content of the joists should be. This is where you hammer nails at a 45 degree angle into the tongue of each board securing it in place. The following preparation work is recommended. Before installing any hardwood flooring onto chipboard ensure that the subfloor is flat level and dry.

This is advisable at ground floor level. Tongue and groove chipboard is a type of particle board made up of sawdust and resin. How to lay a t g chipboard floor. A joists pin a layer of visqueen overlapped at the joints on top of the joists.

Most installers will tell you that the best method of fixing new oak floorboards to an existing hardwood floor is the secret nailing or screwing system. Solid wood flooring must be glued down directly onto the chipboard and engineered wood flooring can either be glued down or floated over an underlay. Chipboard flooring is commonly used as a subfloor because it is cost effective and quick to install. Alternatively use a specialist nail gun designed for fitting wood flooring.

Your sub floor joists should be at 400mm centres meaning the edge of the boards always falls on a joist too.