Hello all.
I'm working on a little project at the moment. It is a small toilet block in a scout & guide hut.
There has been a leak under one of the basins, which has gone un noticed for some time now.
As a result, many of the floorboards, and possibly a couple of joists need replacing.
The whole area will have a tiled floor due to kids spilling water (and the rest) on the floor, as it is the easiest to clean and the hardest wearing surface.
Now here is my question.
What is the best subfloor to install direct onto the joists? They are 2" x 6" timber joists on 16" centres.
I was wondering if something like 18mm ply direct to the joists would do it, but I can see problems with movement on the joints between sheets which would be a problem.
So my next thought was flooring grade chipboard. Its nice and cheap and easy to fix, and then over board this with some thin ply. Something like 6mm?
I would fix the FGC with my paslode gun and either ring shank or glue tipped nails.
What would be best for sticking down the ply?
I thought laminating it to the sub floor with PVA and then tack or screw it?
Any thoughts and suggestions would be more than welcome.
Thankyou
I'm working on a little project at the moment. It is a small toilet block in a scout & guide hut.
There has been a leak under one of the basins, which has gone un noticed for some time now.
As a result, many of the floorboards, and possibly a couple of joists need replacing.
The whole area will have a tiled floor due to kids spilling water (and the rest) on the floor, as it is the easiest to clean and the hardest wearing surface.
Now here is my question.
What is the best subfloor to install direct onto the joists? They are 2" x 6" timber joists on 16" centres.
I was wondering if something like 18mm ply direct to the joists would do it, but I can see problems with movement on the joints between sheets which would be a problem.
So my next thought was flooring grade chipboard. Its nice and cheap and easy to fix, and then over board this with some thin ply. Something like 6mm?
I would fix the FGC with my paslode gun and either ring shank or glue tipped nails.
What would be best for sticking down the ply?
I thought laminating it to the sub floor with PVA and then tack or screw it?
Any thoughts and suggestions would be more than welcome.
Thankyou