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Replacing floors in house

  • 26-10-2010 4:02pm
    #1
    ellee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 397 ✭✭


    Hi guys,

    We're going doing extensive re-modelling on our humble semi d and it will involve replacing the current ground floor (some of it is rotten etc etc).

    I am keen to get a wooden floor with some character and I am wondering if it is possible to lay reclaimed floorboards directly on the joists of the house or would I have to have a plywood floor or something beneath it?

    Many thanks :)


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  • #2
    FesterBeatty
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 406 ✭✭FesterBeatty


    Floorboards were laid directly on joists for years so it wont do you any harm (unless they're badly warped or rotten?!)

    However, if it was my house I'd put 18mm ply on top of the joists first. Then screw fix the floorboards through the ply into the joists. My personal preference - might cost you a little bit extra for the ply but its a good, robust solution.


  • #3
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,900 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    Are you planning on insulating the ground floor?


  • #4
    ellee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 397 ✭✭ellee


    Hmm, my husband has mentioned it, there's a large cavity below the floors - 3 ft or something. If it was to be insulated would you need an air gap between it and the floor boards?


  • #5
    kboc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 458 ✭✭kboc


    ellee wrote: »
    Hmm, my husband has mentioned it, there's a large cavity below the floors - 3 ft or something. If it was to be insulated would you need an air gap between it and the floor boards?

    you'll struggle to heat house with draft blowing around this


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