screws for floorboards

mumbley · 2 Jan 2006

hi everyone.

i want to fix down the wooden floorboards (old style, not tongue and grooved) on the first floor of a house rather than hammer in traditional floorboard nails so as not to cause any damage to the newly plastered and painted ceilings...

what gauge and length of screw would be best? are twin-threaded better than single thread? is it possible to use the existing holes left from the pulled out nails to screw into?

big-all · 2 Jan 2006

i would go for these especialy if you likely to enter the nail holes in the joists
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/sea...8&q=&n=10564&pn=1&pd=1&pi=1&cn=1&cd=1&x=7&y=6

screwfix 10x2 no10564

neadless to say avoid pipes and wires if your sqeezing the boards together over a wide area you might find services

WoodYouLike · 3 Jan 2006

Check the state of the floorboards every few weeks to see if lower or higher humidity levels has any shrinking or expanding effect on them. Screws don't allow for much movement of the boards, in extreme circumstance you could end up with split boards.

mumbley · 5 Jan 2006

thanks for that big-all, woodyoulike! i'll see how it goes...

next job, kitchen floor!

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