I am laying a flooring of chipboard tongue and groove on top of 4 inch
insulation boards. Is it best to glue boards together or not. I have been
advised to do both and unsure which way to go.
Many thanks.
Neil

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I am laying a flooring of chipboard tongue and groove on top of 4 inch
insulation boards. Is it best to glue boards together or not. I
have been advised to do both and unsure which way to go.
Many thanks.
Neil

You can't do both - it's one or the other! g
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Its just the way I tell it. I was told to do both but not at the same time.
One person said glue one said don't glue. I just cant decide which is best.
Neil
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In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Neil wrote:

I am laying a flooring of chipboard tongue and groove on top of 4 inch
insulation boards. Is it best to glue boards together or not. I
have been advised to do both and unsure which way to go.
Many thanks.
Neil

You can't do both - it's one or the other! g
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Set Square
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Its just the way I tell it. I was told to do both but not at the same time.
One person said glue one said don't glue. I just cant decide which is best.

Neither ... but one of them may be better :-)

If you don't glue then it probably will creak like hell, I know as I did
a quick loft flooring once with the smaller chipboard t&g boards
(screwed straight onto the floor joists). But then a loft normally only
is accessed once in a blue moon.

If you *do* glue then it will still creak in places but if you want a
"quiet" floor then it's probably best.

If you ever need to get *under* the floor (to fix a leak for example,
been there!) then you'll get your circular saw out anyway, glued or not
glued.

From having tried to find out what Scottish Building Regulations say
about wonky floors in new houses (as a bedroom my brand new house had a
2cm "wonk" thay you actually could trip over) I seem to recall that the
British Standard they refer to specifies that it should be glued, but
somebody please correct me if I'm wrong.

Neil wrote:
I am laying a flooring of chipboard tongue and groove on top of 4 inch
insulation boards. Is it best to glue boards together or not. I have been
advised to do both and unsure which way to go.
Many thanks.
Neil

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If you don't glue then it probably will creak like hell, I know as I did a
quick loft flooring once with the smaller chipboard t&g boards (screwed
straight onto the floor joists). But then a loft normally only is accessed
once in a blue moon.

If you *do* glue then it will still creak in places but if you want a
"quiet" floor then it's probably best.

If you ever need to get *under* the floor (to fix a leak for example, been
there!) then you'll get your circular saw out anyway, glued or not glued.

From having tried to find out what Scottish Building Regulations say about
wonky floors in new houses (as a bedroom my brand new house had a 2cm
"wonk" thay you actually could trip over) I seem to recall that the
British Standard they refer to specifies that it should be glued, but
somebody please correct me if I'm wrong.


Thanks for that. It is a new extension and the building inspector said lay
4 inch insulation done then cover that with a membrane and then lay the
boards straight on top. He never said wether to glue or not. We have no
pipes underneath so hopefully it would not need to come up again. With it
not been on joists we cannot screw to anything so on the strength of advice
kindly given upto now I will glue it together (unless someone as a better
idea)
Thanks to all.
Neil