Hi All. A question from a Newbie, if I may!
I want to replace our landing carpet with cork tiles. The house is about 15 years old and the existing floor is made of 8' x 4' T&G chipboard "?Weyroc?" sheets. We've recently had an extension built and want to continue the floor through the landing and into there but there is a very small amount of movement of the Weyroc sheets in the extension where they butt up against the original ones on the landing. To cure this, I was going to cover the whole area in 6mm standard ply but I have a couple of questions:
1. The ply has warped since I bought it. I've had it stacked on the floor for a few weeks and each sheet is a bit bent and / or wavy. I've tried standing the sheets on their edges and turning them over. They gradually seem to be going back flat (ish) again but not completely. I was thinking of nailing them at frequent intervals to the chipboard. Would every 300mm or so seem appropriate?
2. I guess I ought to use round-headed nails so that they don't pull through the 6mm plywood. Perhaps ring-shank nails would be a good idea too? I was going to use nails about 25mm long so that they don't poke through the far side of the chipboard and do anything nasty to central heating pipes. What gauge of nails should I be using?
3. I was thinking of buying (or hiring) a nail gun as there will be a great many nails to put in. I'm worried that hammering them in conventionally will damage the plasterboard of the ceiling beneath. Is this likely to happen?
4. If I go for a nail gun, I'll obviously need one that can fire round-headed nails. Can anyone recommend one and a source of nails? Ideally as cheap as possible! I don't imagine it will be getting a great deal of use after this project! I've been looking on the Screwfix / Machine Mart / Northern Tool websites but all the cheaper ones seem to only fire the sort of nail that consists of a stamped piece of flat metal with a slightly "L-shaped" head. These look like they might pull through the plywood after a while. All the ones that say they can fire round-headed nails don't seem to be able to use nails as short as 25mm.
Thanks in anticipation!
I want to replace our landing carpet with cork tiles. The house is about 15 years old and the existing floor is made of 8' x 4' T&G chipboard "?Weyroc?" sheets. We've recently had an extension built and want to continue the floor through the landing and into there but there is a very small amount of movement of the Weyroc sheets in the extension where they butt up against the original ones on the landing. To cure this, I was going to cover the whole area in 6mm standard ply but I have a couple of questions:
1. The ply has warped since I bought it. I've had it stacked on the floor for a few weeks and each sheet is a bit bent and / or wavy. I've tried standing the sheets on their edges and turning them over. They gradually seem to be going back flat (ish) again but not completely. I was thinking of nailing them at frequent intervals to the chipboard. Would every 300mm or so seem appropriate?
2. I guess I ought to use round-headed nails so that they don't pull through the 6mm plywood. Perhaps ring-shank nails would be a good idea too? I was going to use nails about 25mm long so that they don't poke through the far side of the chipboard and do anything nasty to central heating pipes. What gauge of nails should I be using?
3. I was thinking of buying (or hiring) a nail gun as there will be a great many nails to put in. I'm worried that hammering them in conventionally will damage the plasterboard of the ceiling beneath. Is this likely to happen?
4. If I go for a nail gun, I'll obviously need one that can fire round-headed nails. Can anyone recommend one and a source of nails? Ideally as cheap as possible! I don't imagine it will be getting a great deal of use after this project! I've been looking on the Screwfix / Machine Mart / Northern Tool websites but all the cheaper ones seem to only fire the sort of nail that consists of a stamped piece of flat metal with a slightly "L-shaped" head. These look like they might pull through the plywood after a while. All the ones that say they can fire round-headed nails don't seem to be able to use nails as short as 25mm.
Thanks in anticipation!