possible flooring

[tong]

G'day all,
need to know... Can I use ply , maybe edge glued or scarfed as a foating floor over old worn floorboards? hardwood ply is envisaged, Indo bracing ply in 8x4 sheets. perhaps it should be nailed? It is only a small utility room.
I once saw tradesmen laying a ply floor nailed to concrete in a coffee shop in Queen St, Brisbane. I have been watching this floor for several years and altho they seemed to use "ordinary" ply (pine finish??) and several coats of estapol, it stands up to commercial traffic very well, even the dreaded stilletto heels

[bitingmidge]

Tong,

I reckon ply is quite suitable for flooring, but why would you want to lay it as a floating floor?

Edge glued would be a shocker, and I can't see how practically you could scarf the joints in place either.

Why not just nail it down?

If you are trying to protect the floor below, get some underlay foam used for "click" flooring, and nail straight through it. When you pull it up the nail holes can be filled and won't be of concern.

Depending on how you want to go about it and the thickness of the ply you are using, you may want to rout grooves in the edges and fit splines to achieve a T&G effect like commercial sheet flooring.

Cheers,

P

[Barry_White]

Why not use yellow tounge particle board flooring and Estapol it. A friend of mine who is a builder did this in his own home in the kitchen and you would swear that it was cork flooring

[gemi_babe]

Barry is it warm to walk on? I was only thinking of doing the yellow tongue before cork, but hey if I can get away with NOT buying the cork...

[ozwinner]

We did the same thing Baz, sanded the chipboard flooring and put on some polyu.
Not cold at all, the only cold room at the moment is the bathroom, as I havent got around to pulling up the 70's tiles yet.

Al Peace Man

[gemi_babe]

Timber Floor Restoration

TermiFlor can be laid over severely worn or cupped timber floors which are structurally adequate.

Preparation: Before installing, check the sub floor conditions. Where dampness exists, the source of moisture must be corrected and the sub floor and timbers allowed to dry. In some circumstances it may be necessary to provide additional sub floor ventilation.

Replace any damaged or decayed timber and re-nail loose floorboards. Punch protruding nails below the floorboard surface.

Fixing: Use TermiFlor tongue and grooved, laid in rows in a brickwork pattern with the long edges at right angles to the floor joists. Allow 10mm minimum clearance at the room perimeter.

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Timber Floor Restoration

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Would everyone agree with this 'how to'??

[Barry_White]

gemi

I don't know anything about termi-floor but the particle board would not be quite as warm as cork but my friend built the house in Armidale NSW which is pretty cold in the winter down to -8° to 9° and he never really complained about it being too cold.

It would certainly be much warmer than ceramic tiles or linolium.

[gemi_babe]

I think they are using a flash name for yellow tongue. I did a search on google and came up with this site http://www.chhwoodlogic.com.au/Produ...00,121,00.html