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    Choice of floorboards

    How about this? They are selling 20x210mm redwod floorboards: https://www.chilterntimber.co.uk/product/tongued-grooved-redwood-pine-t-g-flooring/
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    Choice of floorboards

    Why don't OSBs, MDFs or chipboards sheets suffer from cupping? They're weaker and bigger than 220mm planks with similar thicknesses.
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    Choice of floorboards

    How about 7x1 , finished 169x20mm?
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    Choice of floorboards

    I will try see what happens, they are cheap...
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    Choice of floorboards

    20mm wood planks are stronger than mdf, osb or chipboard sheets. They do wide planks 200mm engineered wood which must be working; can't see why 20mm solid wood won't work.
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    Choice of floorboards

    They were 120x18mm
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    Choice of floorboards

    The floor boards are the the finish in this room. I have replaced nearly quarter of the damaged T&G boards with PARs years ago, no shrinkage issue. I now decided to change the whole flooring with PARs for a better look overall; no concern of shrinkage until was mentioned here. They are bare...
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    Choice of floorboards

    You can use them instead of nails and countersunk screws.
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    Choice of floorboards

    What would help to stop developing gaps/shrinkage, would applying wood oil on sides and edges before fitting avoids the issue?
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    Choice of floorboards

    I am going for the 20x220 mm finished and will be using "lost trite countersunk self drilling screws".
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    Choice of floorboards

    The room in question is 2500 x 3000 , is there any harm using wider boards like 270mm or the 220mm is good enough?
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    Choice of floorboards

    Hi I am replacing floorboards in a first floor room: 1. Can I use 20mmx220mm (finished) redwood softwood PAR, which is thicker and wider than what I have now (redwood18mmx119mm T&G)? 2. Are 2 screws fixings per joist sufficient?
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    Engineered Wood flooring over joists

    One supplier said "18mm plus engineered wood floorings can be installed directly over joists". I think makes sense as 18mm engineered flooring is stronger than 18mm chipboard sub floor. Also:
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    Engineered Wood flooring over joists

    Hi I want to put engineered wood flooring over joists, is there any issue with the thickness of the boards? Is 14mm thick good enough? Thanks
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    Pen tester detects voltage from iphone charge

    It's the original charging cable came with the iphone.
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    Earth funnies and phantom voltages on lighting circuit

    Stranded cable are class II according to this vid
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    Earth funnies and phantom voltages on lighting circuit

    I know that but that's single insulation; the grey standard insulated cables aren't class II double isolated. How about the connectors? Wago or bloc connectors aren't class II.
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    Earth funnies and phantom voltages on lighting circuit

    Say you get class ii ceiling light, you have L & N coming down from the ceiling to be connected to the protected wires of the light, what connector do you use to maintain the double insulation? I doubt wago are suitable? Also L & N wires from the ceiling are not double insulated.
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    Earth funnies and phantom voltages on lighting circuit

    Q1. Apart maybe from wet rooms such as bathrooms and the likes; is there any advantage of installing class ii light when E is available in the circuit? Q2. Isn't it safer connecting CPC cable to metal light casing rather than having metal casing class ii light with no E connection?
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    Earth funnies and phantom voltages on lighting circuit

    May be that's because most if not all houses pre 1960's or so never had earth in their lighting circuits. May be that was because ceiling roses with pendants were made of plastic didn't need regulation and were standard widely used. Or even may be because specific requirements and regulations...
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