New flooring

[Dodgey]

Absolutely sturdy enough.

[8etty 8ongo]

brill, 12mm it is then . was going to start stripping it out today but its raining so will have to wait tilll tomorrow

[8etty 8ongo]

ok - this is not easy....at all. im bored now have been out and bought my 12mm ply (£18.00 for the sheet of the good stuff from a timber merchants ), carpet offcut (bargain at just £10 ), glue, spray adhesive, screws, offcuts and underlay. have stripped out the carpet which was disgusting had all kinds of strange things as underlay - more carpet pieces in various sizes , wadding and weird foam things - all revolting and now gone thankfully. had no cardboard so am currently making a template with paper and cellotape - this could take a while

[Dodgey]

Haha - it's fine! Just take your time and remember = "measure twice, cut once" - it's the most valuable wisdom you can take with you......

[8etty 8ongo]

i will remember that. have made a mighty mess in the house. it might have been better to cut the wood outside....

[Dodgey]

OMG! lmao - just be thankful you are not cutting MDF or you'd be finding sawdust in surprising places for months

[8etty 8ongo]

urgh not a happy person. have cut the ply wrong though can cover this up i think (glad i went for carpet) and now i am trying to screw the ply down to the little offcuts and its just pulling the offcuts up - grrrrrrr
am tempted to visit the father-in-law....

[Dodgey]

You don't screw the ply to the offcuts - apart from where you join the two pieces of ply. In that instance, you want the little pieces to come up to the ply.

The ply floor rests on the little offcuts - it's not screwed to them.

[8etty 8ongo]

im sure i read something about screwing something, will have to look at the factsheet again anyway am back on track, onto the 2nd piece of ply - have just finished the template so will go and start that - my poor kitchen doesnt know what has hit it but am quite please with myself - i still have all my fingers

[daveblueozzie]

My flooring was only 6/7mm thick so i glued and screwed the 2 pieces of ply together on top of one another, but its not screwed to the floor spacers, you can glue them to the bongo floor if needed to stop them moving about.
My floor is held in place with the bed box and the kitchen unit, the side step and the plastic near the rear door catch.
its not going to move.

[Dodgey]

Even with no bed or kitchen, a near whole 8x4 12mm ply sheet isn't going anywhere fast. It's heavy!

[8etty 8ongo]

thanks, dont really understand the step thing (even how to get it off) and already the ply is higher than the edge of the step. didnt get much done today - left betty on her own for 5 minutes whilst i plugged in the drill and someone has decorated her their own way

[RobEvans]

Top job

[stefan442]

Maybe one day ill get a motivation boost and actually do this! Even have all the stuff in the garage, just waiting. Maybe a nice spring weekend

[TimC]

Picked up all the bits to do this today. Going for 12mm so I can get away with no cutting of the trim (in case i go back to carpet anytime).

Forgot to get cardboard from work so gonna have to use carpet as template.