OSB tongue 'n groove flooring gaps - to fill or not?
 

I've just put down a new sub-floor with OSB tongue and groove but I'm
left with ~2 mm spaces between the sheets. I'll be putting down
underpadding and carpet--is it necessary to fill the gap with some
sort of compound?

TIA!
Darryl.

OSB tongue 'n groove flooring gaps - to fill or not?
 

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I've just put down a new sub-floor with OSB tongue and groove but I'm
left with ~2 mm spaces between the sheets. I'll be putting down
underpadding and carpet--is it necessary to fill the gap with some
sort of compound?

I'm not expert (so if others tell me I'm FOS, believe them ;-), but
I'd say no. I'm in the process of tearing up all the carpet in the
house and screwing (1500ish) the subfloor down to eliminate any
squeaks and have about the same gaps (3/16" in the plywood T-n-G.
I'm just making sure it's all vacuumed out before the padding and
carpet go down.

Apparently they put talc (the carpet installer called it "baby
powder") on the floor before the original padding. What a dusty
mess.

--
Keith

OSB tongue 'n groove flooring gaps - to fill or not?
 

On Mon, 08 Jan 2007 22:53:58 -0500, Darryl
wrote:

I've just put down a new sub-floor with OSB tongue and groove but I'm
left with ~2 mm spaces between the sheets. I'll be putting down
underpadding and carpet--is it necessary to fill the gap with some
sort of compound?

TIA!
Darryl.

imho,

Contact the manufacturer. Depending on your installation(save over a
garage, etc) the seams might need some spacing for expansion.

Good luck,

tom @ www.Consolidated-Loans.info

OSB tongue 'n groove flooring gaps - to fill or not?
 

"Tom The Great" wrote in message
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On Mon, 08 Jan 2007 22:53:58 -0500, Darryl
wrote:

I've just put down a new sub-floor with OSB tongue and groove but I'm
left with ~2 mm spaces between the sheets. I'll be putting down
underpadding and carpet--is it necessary to fill the gap with some
sort of compound?

TIA!
Darryl.

imho,

Contact the manufacturer. Depending on your installation(save over a
garage, etc) the seams might need some spacing for expansion.

Good luck,

tom @ www.Consolidated-Loans.info


Tom is right its made that way for expansion No prep is needed.