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Hi,
I'm new here and joined as we've just moved home and have a lot of DIY ahead of us.
The ground floor is a suspended timber floor and we've noticed that the floors are very "bouncy" and just feel a bit flimsy.
We've pulled up carpets with a view to getting the floorboards up for insulation and we've found that the floorboards are actually 2.4 metre chipboard panels. They're not tongue and groove chipboard... just plain chipboard.
So, is this normal? Do we need to replace all the floorboards with T&G? Can we get away with adding noggins to make the chipboard more stable?
I knew we'd have a lot of work to do but I've not come across this kind of flooring before so I was just looking for some advice.
Thanks in advance.
Steve
I'm new here and joined as we've just moved home and have a lot of DIY ahead of us.
The ground floor is a suspended timber floor and we've noticed that the floors are very "bouncy" and just feel a bit flimsy.
We've pulled up carpets with a view to getting the floorboards up for insulation and we've found that the floorboards are actually 2.4 metre chipboard panels. They're not tongue and groove chipboard... just plain chipboard.
So, is this normal? Do we need to replace all the floorboards with T&G? Can we get away with adding noggins to make the chipboard more stable?
I knew we'd have a lot of work to do but I've not come across this kind of flooring before so I was just looking for some advice.
Thanks in advance.
Steve