Temporary floor
Having installed appropriate joists in the 30 sq m half of my first
floor that didn't have them, I now want to put down a temporary floor on which I - and the joiner who will build my dormers - can work, to complete this part of my renovation. I want to lay loft board or similar, to avoid dirtying and damaging the pitch pine floorboards that I have stacked in the garage, that will be the finished floor. Does anyone have an opinion on the cheapest way to create such a temporary floor, that will be strong enough? The joists span 3.5m to each side of a dividing wall, and are at 400mm (ish) centres. Regards Richard |
Temporary floor
Few sheets of the cheapest 18mm board at your timber merchants
(probably spruce ply or OSB/stirling board both around £20/sheet). You probably only need to sheet the walkways and main work areas, not every inch - and you'll find plenty of re-uses for a few odd sheets later. |
Temporary floor
geraldthehamster wrote:
Having installed appropriate joists in the 30 sq m half of my first floor that didn't have them, I now want to put down a temporary floor on which I - and the joiner who will build my dormers - can work, to complete this part of my renovation. I want to lay loft board or similar, to avoid dirtying and damaging the pitch pine floorboards that I have stacked in the garage, that will be the finished floor. Does anyone have an opinion on the cheapest way to create such a temporary floor, that will be strong enough? The joists span 3.5m to each side of a dividing wall, and are at 400mm (ish) centres. Regards Richard Put your pine floor down and cover with hardboard. Tape the joints. Andy. |
Temporary floor
"geraldthehamster" wrote in message ... Having installed appropriate joists in the 30 sq m half of my first floor that didn't have them, I now want to put down a temporary floor on which I - and the joiner who will build my dormers - can work, to complete this part of my renovation. I want to lay loft board or similar, to avoid dirtying and damaging the pitch pine floorboards that I have stacked in the garage, that will be the finished floor. Does anyone have an opinion on the cheapest way to create such a temporary floor, that will be strong enough? The joists span 3.5m to each side of a dividing wall, and are at 400mm (ish) centres. Regards Richard I used 18mm ply when doing similar work then turned it over and used it to board out the loft space for storage Tony |
Temporary floor
On 19 Nov, 16:44, " wrote:
Few sheets of the cheapest 18mm board at your timber merchants (probably spruce ply or OSB/stirling board both around £20/sheet). You probably only need to sheet the walkways and main work areas, not every inch - and you'll find plenty of re-uses for a few odd sheets later. Thanks - I don't call 20 quid a sheet cheap though. I'm interested in cheap cheap ;-) I can re-use some of the flooring (loft boards) that I took up, but some of it is a bit precarious... Regards Richard |
Temporary floor
geraldthehamster wrote:
On 19 Nov, 16:44, " wrote: Few sheets of the cheapest 18mm board at your timber merchants (probably spruce ply or OSB/stirling board both around �20/sheet). You probably only need to sheet the walkways and main work areas, not every inch - and you'll find plenty of re-uses for a few odd sheets later. Thanks - I don't call 20 quid a sheet cheap though. I'm interested in cheap cheap ;-) 18mm chipboard then. I can re-use some of the flooring (loft boards) that I took up, but some of it is a bit precarious... Regards Richard |
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