I am soon to start a job that I have been planning for some while and
part of this involves taking up the screed floor in a living room
extension. I then intend to fit a new t&g floor in both the living room
and extension.
I was intending to fix brackets somehow to the slab then fix battens to
the brackets to take the t&g. I am assuming that I can hire some sort
of tool to anchor fixings into the concrete to secure the brackets.
The question is what can I fix quite a few brackets with?

Kevin

Kev wrote:
I am soon to start a job that I have been planning for some while and
part of this involves taking up the screed floor in a living room
extension. I then intend to fit a new t&g floor in both the living room
and extension.
I was intending to fix brackets somehow to the slab then fix battens to
the brackets to take the t&g. I am assuming that I can hire some sort
of tool to anchor fixings into the concrete to secure the brackets.
The question is what can I fix quite a few brackets with?

Use some treated 3 x 2 as the base and just screw them into the floor
with 3" tens. Use packers, a long level and a couple of stringlines to
get them level. You might want to put DPC undr the 3 x 2. You can get
away with tile batten if you haven't got the depth to put a 3 x 2 in
place.

A good exuse for getting a decent level and an SDS. (For which see this
group's earlier posts.)

Kev wrote:
I am soon to start a job that I have been planning for some while and
part of this involves taking up the screed floor in a living room
extension. I then intend to fit a new t&g floor in both the living room
and extension.
I was intending to fix brackets somehow to the slab then fix battens to
the brackets to take the t&g. I am assuming that I can hire some sort
of tool to anchor fixings into the concrete to secure the brackets.
The question is what can I fix quite a few brackets with?

Kevin
Ditch the brackets and fix right through the battens with masonry
screws - you can use the same drill bit through the batten & into the
concrete all in one.

Phil wrote:
Kev wrote:
I am soon to start a job that I have been planning for some while and
part of this involves taking up the screed floor in a living room
extension. I then intend to fit a new t&g floor in both the living room
and extension.
I was intending to fix brackets somehow to the slab then fix battens to
the brackets to take the t&g. I am assuming that I can hire some sort
of tool to anchor fixings into the concrete to secure the brackets.
The question is what can I fix quite a few brackets with?

Kevin
Ditch the brackets and fix right through the battens with masonry
screws - you can use the same drill bit through the batten & into the
concrete all in one.

What about the dpc - wouldn't that be under the screed?

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I was intending to fix brackets somehow to the slab then fix battens to
the brackets to take the t&g.

Just glue the battens straight to the concrete.

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Phil wrote:
Kev wrote:
I am soon to start a job that I have been planning for some while and
part of this involves taking up the screed floor in a living room
extension. I then intend to fit a new t&g floor in both the living room
and extension.
I was intending to fix brackets somehow to the slab then fix battens to
the brackets to take the t&g. I am assuming that I can hire some sort
of tool to anchor fixings into the concrete to secure the brackets.
The question is what can I fix quite a few brackets with?

Kevin
Ditch the brackets and fix right through the battens with masonry
screws - you can use the same drill bit through the batten & into the
concrete all in one.

What about the dpc - wouldn't that be under the screed?

I am led to believe that the slab is about 6 inchs thick with the dpc under
that.

Kevin

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Kev wrote:
I am soon to start a job that I have been planning for some while and
part of this involves taking up the screed floor in a living room
extension. I then intend to fit a new t&g floor in both the living room
and extension.
I was intending to fix brackets somehow to the slab then fix battens to
the brackets to take the t&g. I am assuming that I can hire some sort
of tool to anchor fixings into the concrete to secure the brackets.
The question is what can I fix quite a few brackets with?

Kevin
Ditch the brackets and fix right through the battens with masonry
screws - you can use the same drill bit through the batten & into the
concrete all in one.

I can't say that I've heard of a masonary screw, is this some kind of self
tapping screw for concrete. I'll have a look on Screwfix.

Kevin

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Kev wrote:
I am soon to start a job that I have been planning for some while and
part of this involves taking up the screed floor in a living room
extension. I then intend to fit a new t&g floor in both the living room
and extension.
I was intending to fix brackets somehow to the slab then fix battens to
the brackets to take the t&g. I am assuming that I can hire some sort
of tool to anchor fixings into the concrete to secure the brackets.
The question is what can I fix quite a few brackets with?

Use some treated 3 x 2 as the base and just screw them into the floor
with 3" tens. Use packers, a long level and a couple of stringlines to
get them level. You might want to put DPC undr the 3 x 2. You can get
away with tile batten if you haven't got the depth to put a 3 x 2 in
place.

A good exuse for getting a decent level and an SDS. (For which see this
group's earlier posts.)

There will certainly be a few holes to drill so as you say a good excuse to
get an SDS drill.

Kevin

Kev wrote:
I am soon to start a job that I have been planning for some while and
part of this involves taking up the screed floor in a living room
extension. I then intend to fit a new t&g floor in both the living room
and extension.
I was intending to fix brackets somehow to the slab then fix battens to
the brackets to take the t&g. I am assuming that I can hire some sort
of tool to anchor fixings into the concrete to secure the brackets.
The question is what can I fix quite a few brackets with?

Kevin


Why not nail the battens in with Hilti gun?

Or glue them with one o many glues now available?

wrote:
Phil wrote:
Kev wrote:
I am soon to start a job that I have been planning for some while and
part of this involves taking up the screed floor in a living room
extension. I then intend to fit a new t&g floor in both the living room
and extension.
I was intending to fix brackets somehow to the slab then fix battens to
the brackets to take the t&g. I am assuming that I can hire some sort
of tool to anchor fixings into the concrete to secure the brackets.
The question is what can I fix quite a few brackets with?

Kevin
Ditch the brackets and fix right through the battens with masonry
screws - you can use the same drill bit through the batten & into the
concrete all in one.

What about the dpc - wouldn't that be under the screed?


Eventually. 3" down.
Screws and rawlpugs are not noted for their porosity though ;-)