Replacing Bedroom Floor in 1973 Park Home
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 9:25 am
Good Morning,
I'm new to the forum and I'm looking for some advice on how to proceed on a project to replace the bedroom floor.
The room dimensions are 10'8'' x 9'6'' the original flooring is chipboard in 3/4'' x 9'6'' x 4'1'' sheets.
Due to a poor external repair prior to our purchase water has tracked into the the chipboard making it go spongy. We were unaware of this until the bed punched a whole through the floor. I know what you are all thinking but it was not like that!
The joists are 1''3/4 x 4'' across the width of the room. There are no longtitudanal joists or noggins. The centres of the joists are at 16'' centres. I am proposing to use 18mm Elliotis ply WBP. This comes in 1.22m x 2.4m sheets (4' x 8'). Due to a very narrow hallway i'm going to have to cut these in half to get them in the room.
So the questions that i have are these:-
1. Do I need to be using noggins on the unsupported board edges?
2. Where the boards go under the skirting (which i have left in place) do I need noggins there? Difficult to do and unlikely to have much foot fall?
3. If noggins are required what size? Is 1''3/4 x 2'' ok?
4. I looked at some "how to's" on here and i'm not sure which is best to use, noggins in line fixed by screws/nails at an angle from the side or staggered noggins screwed through the joists?
5. What size screws should i use?
6. On top covering the joists and the space in between is what looks like waxed paper/menbrane. I'm guessing water or damp prevention. Is this easy enough to get hold of? Where?
Thanks in advance for your assistance.
I'm new to the forum and I'm looking for some advice on how to proceed on a project to replace the bedroom floor.
The room dimensions are 10'8'' x 9'6'' the original flooring is chipboard in 3/4'' x 9'6'' x 4'1'' sheets.
Due to a poor external repair prior to our purchase water has tracked into the the chipboard making it go spongy. We were unaware of this until the bed punched a whole through the floor. I know what you are all thinking but it was not like that!
The joists are 1''3/4 x 4'' across the width of the room. There are no longtitudanal joists or noggins. The centres of the joists are at 16'' centres. I am proposing to use 18mm Elliotis ply WBP. This comes in 1.22m x 2.4m sheets (4' x 8'). Due to a very narrow hallway i'm going to have to cut these in half to get them in the room.
So the questions that i have are these:-
1. Do I need to be using noggins on the unsupported board edges?
2. Where the boards go under the skirting (which i have left in place) do I need noggins there? Difficult to do and unlikely to have much foot fall?
3. If noggins are required what size? Is 1''3/4 x 2'' ok?
4. I looked at some "how to's" on here and i'm not sure which is best to use, noggins in line fixed by screws/nails at an angle from the side or staggered noggins screwed through the joists?
5. What size screws should i use?
6. On top covering the joists and the space in between is what looks like waxed paper/menbrane. I'm guessing water or damp prevention. Is this easy enough to get hold of? Where?
Thanks in advance for your assistance.