Floor noggins

[gemshan1]

Hi, I’m putting In a suspended floor, joists size 150x47,c24 5m span 40cm apart, resting on a load bearing wall half way, using 22mm chipboard Flooring,
should I use noggins, also is it against building regs to not use them? Thanks

 

[Deleted member 174758]

They should be the same cross section (or at a mimimum 80% of the depth and same thickness) as your joists, in a straight line, (not hit and miss). On 5m joists straight down the middle of the room is the way to go. BTW, they are called "solid strutting" - noggins can be any cross section, don't need to be in line and therefore there is no guarantee they'll do what solid strutting will do, namely stiffen the floor

 

[JohnD]

22mm chipboard Flooring,

Chipboard, eh.

 

[gemshan1]

Chipboard, eh.

My question was about noggins, not peoples opinion on chipboard...

 

[JohnD]

And I didn't give one.

 

[Deleted member 174758]

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[Deleted member 174758]

Chipboard, eh.

 

[Deleted member 174758]

John doesn't like chipboard. He thinks it is the devil's spawn. I think it just needs to be installed correctly