Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering 1 Sep 29, 2009 1:46 pm wondering if someone can help us with second storey timber floors firstly the best method of fixing solid timber floors onto a subfloor with 19mm chipboard layed ontop do you glue and nail,do fixings need to be long enough to fix to joists. im also looking for a good acoustic insulator the products ive seen are a 4mm rubber layer that sit under the boards the ceiling will be insulated aswell. and can anyone recommend a good colour match to jarrah i need a lighter timber cheers Re: second storey sloid timber floors 2Sep 29, 2009 2:12 pm Solid timber floors will be able to be installed directly onto the chipboard sub floor usually Bostick Ultraset and fixing staples every 450mm or so. I am not sure how you will get the 4mm rubber underlay which i think is more for a floating floor. Do you need insulation?? Is the ceiling plaster downstairs?? perhaps if not you can install batts or simialr in the floor joists. The staples only need to be long enough to attached to chip board so 38 mm is plenty. Staples only need to offer support until glue dries. Color wise it depends on Budget and hardness you want as well as availablity. I like colors like Spotted gum. If done properly it looks crazy. I am currently installing BLackbutt in my house that is good too. For the price you cant go wrong. Re: second storey sloid timber floors 3Sep 29, 2009 5:37 pm A standard flooring staple for the secret nailer is 44mm. As its shot at 45 degrees it does not penetrate through the 19mm chipboard flooring or even through 15mm ply. As borg said, use a combination of a polyurethane flooring adhesive as well as staples every 450mm. Hi team, Im looking for a second hand sd4b monitor preferably white. 0 8896 We were lucky in that our old house was so small (86 square metres) compared to the new house, they were able to take enough readings around the old backyard house before… 8 36896 Hi, We have a single story MacDonald Jones house, on a waffle pod slab with steel frame. Are we able to build a second story extension? Other info is we are 900mm from… 0 8365 |