Chpboard floor is doing my box in!

[garrymum]

Creaking chipboard floor. One area outside a bedroom it creaking like crazy. Think it's the tongue and groove joint causing it as I put chipboard screws alongside each nail and regular intervals thereafter. I am thinking of breaking the t&g joint then putting some pva wood glue in there to bond it back together. Alternatively, I may cut out a small piece, put down some cross timbers the glue and screw it back down.

Any other options?

 

[big-all]

talcum powder rubbed in can help cure the problem in the short term as it lubricates the edges and stops the jumping /creaking

 

[garrymum]

talcum powder rubbed in can help cure the problem in the short term as it lubricates the edges and stops the jumping /creaking

Need a permanent cure as having carpets fitted next Friday.

 

[JohnD]

chipboard flooring is rubbish. You may also have some cracks in it especially at the bottom of stairs where people tread heavily on it, or in a place where people often walk on it, or where it gets damp, or where it has been badly fitted.

A better approach would be to pull it up and screw down ply.

If you have carpets fitted on a bad floor you will regret it for years and years and years.

Pulling up and replacing a big piece of floor might even be easier than patching it.

Here's one I did earlier:

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[Symptoms]

garry - glue locally won't work. Your choice is to repair what you have or whip it up and replace. I think, in the first instance, you should try to repair by cutting out the offending section, batten below (fix lengths to joists and along and under the remaining sections of c/board, glue and screw these supports in position), then drop the cut-out bit of c/board back into the hole, glue and screw. We've done this type of repair loads of times and it does work.

 

[garrymum]

Thanks all, that's a task for this weekend then.