How To Lay A Chipboard Floating Floor

Make a line of glue the length.

How to lay a chipboard floating floor.

Step 3 make your mark. Your sub floor joists should be at 400mm centres meaning the edge of the boards always falls on a joist too. Start with a small area so you can reach across wet glue without stepping or kneeling in it. Spread flooring adhesive on the particleboard with your flooring trowel.

Place unopened packages of laminate flooring in the room or rooms in which they are to be installed. Screw down the boards sink 1 1 4 inch screws through the chipboard into the floor joists to secure it. Measure the room you ll be laying the chipboard flooring in with your measuring tape. This will minimize shrinkage or expansion when they react to room temperature and humidity step 2 check for moisture levels.

This should be done at least 48 hours before the laminate boards are placed so they have time to adjust to the temperature and humidity. Space the screws out every 6 inches across the entire subfloor. Make sure that the screwheads. Continue to lay chipboard flooring across the joists for the rest of the floor ensuring the joints along the 600mm edges are staggered always avoid joining on the same joist wherever possible.

Don t forget to make a mark on the wall above every floor joist in the room where you ll be laying your chipboard flooring. Size the foam underlayment and cut it with a utility knife. Step 1 let the boards acclimate.