On Friday, 25 September 2015 19:43:44 UTC+1, Phil L wrote:
nt wrote in message
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On Wednesday, 23 September 2015 20:06:41 UTC+1, Phil L wrote:

Everyone uses hardboard to cover tatty floors, this way you don't lose
half
the skirtings, an inch of door height or have a top stair an inch higher
than all the others.

Make sure you soak both sides of the hardboard before tacking it down,
and
mark the centre of the boards *between* the joists as this is where you
need
to fix them, not in line or into any joists, cables, pipes etc...saying
that
they only need half inch pins

What's the reason for soaking them?

It stops it bowing outwards, when soaked it swells, then when it's fixed
down it shrinks, which pulls it tight between the pins / screws and keeps it
flat.
If you don't, it swells up like balloons over a short period and is visible
even through carpet

cheers Phil


NT