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I am renovating a 3.6m x 2.6m room and wish to address the floor which has two issues – 1. the floorboards are very creaky and 2. I wish to fit soundproofing as the floor joists run through a party wall into the neighbour’s property.
The plan is to lift the floorboards, create chicken wire baskets between the joists, install Rockwool RW3 slabs between them (from the party wall, one slab length into the room), and then refit the floorboards using screws.
My concern is that the current floorboards are tongue & groove which appear to be stapled down, and after removing them, may not fit back neatly. The creakiness is mostly in the centre of the room so it will require a good number of boards refitting.
Would it be easier to fit new floorboards to guarantee a decent result? I don’t mind paying the extra £200 or so for new ones if it means the floor is nice and solid afterwards.
Any advice would be appreciated (as I’m a novice )!
Thanks.
The plan is to lift the floorboards, create chicken wire baskets between the joists, install Rockwool RW3 slabs between them (from the party wall, one slab length into the room), and then refit the floorboards using screws.
My concern is that the current floorboards are tongue & groove which appear to be stapled down, and after removing them, may not fit back neatly. The creakiness is mostly in the centre of the room so it will require a good number of boards refitting.
Would it be easier to fit new floorboards to guarantee a decent result? I don’t mind paying the extra £200 or so for new ones if it means the floor is nice and solid afterwards.
Any advice would be appreciated (as I’m a novice )!
Thanks.