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Fixing floorboard - upstairs bathroom

  • 14-07-2013 11:27am
    #1
    macwal
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    Looking for some advice with this...

    The upstairs bathroom has a panel that was cut out of the floor for some reason in the past. The bit that was cut out was nailed back onto the joist, and four straight brackets used to attach the cut-out back to the main floor; you may be able to see where they were attached.

    Anyway, I want to fix this, and wondering how best to approach it?

    I was thinking of opening up the hole further either side of the joist, to the next joists, carefully using a circular saw with depth set to 20mm to score the floorboard over the centre of the next joists, and then pulling up the bits. Then finally inserting new boards so that they span 3 joists, instead of balancing on the one.

    Does this sound about right, or anything else I need to consider?

    Also, the original floor is 7/8" (or about 22mm), are these easy enough to get? I have a second attachment showing the edge of the original board (bottom, green coloured, high density (i think) particle board), and another piece that is the same thickness, but of different material (more like plywood); would this plywood do as an alternative?


Comments

  • #2
    DublinDilbert
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    Yea as you say open the hole up back as far as the next joist on each side then replace with one piece. The boards need to join on a joist.

    Depending on where the hole is, it might make more sense to open up the hole more on one side. You'll probably need to buy a 4'x4' piece of material to fill in the gap. Although my local provider does 2'x4' pieces of ply/chip board ideal for this type of thing.


  • #3
    sky6
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    Instead of trying to split the board over the middle of the Rafter which can be difficult. You could cut it flush with the Rafter and then stitch a piece of 2 x 1 or 3 x 2 to the side of the Rafter. You can do the same on both sides. Then just drop the new board in place.


  • #4
    chris445
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 239 ✭✭chris445


    It would be okay to use a plywood of the same thickness but if you are, be sure to use WBP ply as its in a bathroom.


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