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I’m planning on ripping up the victorian non TnG pine floorboards on the 1st floor (they have been sanded and finished by the previous owners but are in need of some love), install a subfloor (22mm Chipboard), (run cables, new CH piping, install sound proofing), reinstall the floor (and purchasing replacement boards for ~25% which have seen better days to say the least).
The bit I'm not sure on is how best to attach the floor boards to the new subfloor, as far as I can see I have 3 options.
I think I can discount the first, as I don’t want to risk the ceiling below. So that leaves the last two. Note, I plan to live in this house for a long period of time 15-20 years so I want to make sure that whatever I do, doesn’t make my life harder in the future such as if I end up replacing boards etc.
Screws are a great long lasting method, allowing me to pull the floorboards up in the future without destroying the subfloor if I ever want to replace them. However I’m yet to see a great method of covering the screw holes (as the boards are non TnG this would rule out secret screws/nails) and would this limit the possibility to re-sand in the future?
The bit I'm not sure on is how best to attach the floor boards to the new subfloor, as far as I can see I have 3 options.
- Nail them down where the joists are, this would give the most “authentic” look, but I’m unsure how the lath and plaster ceiling below would hold up to this (and given it has the original coving etc, I don’t really want to replace this).
- Screw the boards to the subfloor, fill all the screw holes.
- Glue the floor boards to the subfloor, fill all the holes which previously contained nails.
I think I can discount the first, as I don’t want to risk the ceiling below. So that leaves the last two. Note, I plan to live in this house for a long period of time 15-20 years so I want to make sure that whatever I do, doesn’t make my life harder in the future such as if I end up replacing boards etc.
Screws are a great long lasting method, allowing me to pull the floorboards up in the future without destroying the subfloor if I ever want to replace them. However I’m yet to see a great method of covering the screw holes (as the boards are non TnG this would rule out secret screws/nails) and would this limit the possibility to re-sand in the future?