How To Lay A Chipboard Floating Floor

Measure the room you ll be laying the chipboard flooring in with your measuring tape.

How to lay a chipboard floating floor.

Place unopened packages of laminate flooring in the room or rooms in which they are to be installed. Installing the floating floor 1 roll out the foam underlayment in a single layer across the floor. Space the screws out every 6 inches across the entire subfloor. Spread flooring adhesive on the particleboard with your flooring trowel.

This will minimize shrinkage or expansion when they react to room temperature and humidity step 2 check for moisture levels. Your sub floor joists should be at 400mm centres meaning the edge of the boards always falls on a joist too. Step 1 let the boards acclimate. 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.

Moisture can often destroy a perfect laminate floor installation so before you begin it is very. Make sure that the screwheads. Screw down the boards sink 1 1 4 inch screws through the chipboard into the floor joists to secure it. Start with a small area so you can reach across wet glue without stepping or kneeling in it.

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. Make a line of glue the length. Size the foam underlayment and cut it with a utility knife.