Browse Forums Owner Builder Forum Re: Secret Nailing T & G flooring 61Mar 17, 2011 10:07 pm Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Secret Nailing T & G flooring 65Mar 31, 2011 9:29 am Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Secret Nailing T & G flooring 66Jun 05, 2011 8:56 pm lol 200m2 took me 9 months to install...but not to scare you. Concrete prepin', grinding leveling, plywood underlay and finally laying the boards. First time i've laid flooring and it might very well be my last! Concrete work was the worst, rest wasn't too bad. Took so long because I did it over weekends and few hrs a day. My wood (tas oak) definitely needed cramping, built a jig from some offcuts of wood, nails 45deg into the ply, then lay a timber across it, then a car jack to push some pieces of timber. I could achieve a max of 6 rows per time but took alot of effort as I find most of them need to cramped in to avoid the gaps...my timber wasn't so crash hot as I notice tollerance differences of +0.7mm to -1.0mm so I had to measure and sort my stock piles....now i wonder why i took so long. Even with all this, I still have a few gaps here and there due to will/machining standards. After the job has finished, i wonder a direct stick would be better in the case of floor or damages. I can only imagine going over the top...ripping out the ply with all those anchors in place would be a hell of a task. I tried ripping off a small piece off the ply after its dry and the ply tags along with the glue! With direct, rip, grind and u can do it again (just in case) I'm hiring a pro to sand/polish! Jimbo73 I would use heaps of adhesive on each sheet and screw rather than nail. use as many as you like cheers Simeon 1 4330 1000000% definitely add insulation. I have in my home and it makes a big difference minimising sound transfer. Insulation is pretty cheap and definitely worth it 2 6810 Engineering timber is certainly a less fuss option, times cheaper to supply and install and better withstands humidity. 1 16767 |