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We may need to replace our wooden floor - the floorboards themselves & also the joists.
Problem is - the actual cause itself cannot be solved. There's water occurring underneath the floor naturally & this can't be stopped. So it's a case of managing it.
The house is 80years old & i dare say the floor system is original. Who knows, it may last another 50 years or so, but the ends of the joists & some of the boards themselves have gone quite mushy.
JOISTS:
I dare say these will have to be tanalised. Beyond this i'm not sure.
Would you coat them with some wet/dry rot treatment & then hardener as well as?
I've been told about Boron as a preservative. Would you slap this on as well?
If it has to be replaced i don't fancy cutting corners for such an important section, but at the same time, what would all this extra treatment on top of the fact it'll be tanalised give us? Any real extra benefits or are we talking about it may give us an extra 5 years lifespan, that's all?
FLOOR SYSTEM:
I thought floorboards but i spoke to a customer at work who said 22mm moisture resistant chipboard.
I emailed Kronospan who disagree as they don't believe MR board is likely to be suitable in this situation. They go on to say they don't really know WHAT would be suitable. Well, we need SOMETHING.
So what would you go with on this & would you give it any extra treatment like the joists?
Oh & there'll need to be some sort of hatch system to the subfloor (as is currently in place). We have a sump pump that kicks in every so many days so obviously we'll need access under there.
Problem is - the actual cause itself cannot be solved. There's water occurring underneath the floor naturally & this can't be stopped. So it's a case of managing it.
The house is 80years old & i dare say the floor system is original. Who knows, it may last another 50 years or so, but the ends of the joists & some of the boards themselves have gone quite mushy.
JOISTS:
I dare say these will have to be tanalised. Beyond this i'm not sure.
Would you coat them with some wet/dry rot treatment & then hardener as well as?
I've been told about Boron as a preservative. Would you slap this on as well?
If it has to be replaced i don't fancy cutting corners for such an important section, but at the same time, what would all this extra treatment on top of the fact it'll be tanalised give us? Any real extra benefits or are we talking about it may give us an extra 5 years lifespan, that's all?
FLOOR SYSTEM:
I thought floorboards but i spoke to a customer at work who said 22mm moisture resistant chipboard.
I emailed Kronospan who disagree as they don't believe MR board is likely to be suitable in this situation. They go on to say they don't really know WHAT would be suitable. Well, we need SOMETHING.
So what would you go with on this & would you give it any extra treatment like the joists?
Oh & there'll need to be some sort of hatch system to the subfloor (as is currently in place). We have a sump pump that kicks in every so many days so obviously we'll need access under there.