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...ups.google.com/group/uk.d-i-y/browse_frm/thread/7abe462af9a8bda9# Laminate flooring expansion gap] ...s.google.com/group/uk.d-i-y/browse_frm/thread/3b332ac6f0c19c5e?hl=en# Loft flooring on the cheap]

...t Materials|Chipboard]] is not one of the stronger flooring materials, and flooring pieces need to be a fair size to be strong enough. ...g where [[Cables|wires]] & [[Plumbing|pipes]] are before [[Nails|nailing]] flooring down===

1. Slatted timber [[:Category:Floors|flooring]] for use in wet, muddy or [[:Category:Heating|cold]] conditions. Duckboard * Stand on [[:Category:floors|flooring]] that stays a lot [[:Category:Cleaning|cleaner]] than its surroundings

...n be tapped into place with a lump hammer, and a block of wood or scrap of flooring to avoid risking damage to the board edges. The long join was made up from a couple of strips of flooring ripped off the edge of a spare floor board on the table saw. Since this was

* Used for wooden flooring * Prime app is nailing down [[Sheet Materials|chipboard]] flooring. The soft chip makes them hammerinnable, and the pullout resistance helps a

====Flooring==== * Used for flooring, worktops & speaker cabinets

*[http://www.industrial-flooring.co.uk Industrial Flooring Services] epoxy resin coatings, resin based overlays and patch repair prod ==Wooden flooring==

* Flooring grade: grades used for flooring are high density chip, which is a stronger type of chipboard than the usual

[[Sheet Materials|Sheet ply]] or [[Sheet Materials|OSB]] flooring is used, and is [[Screws|screwed]] to the joists every 6". ...mall contribution to total structure rigidity. Extra thick self-supporting flooring is occasionally used without joists. A floor structure may be as little as

...sel like point, although some of the larger ones have a traditional point. Flooring nails have a cut type of point to minimise board splitting. | valign="top" | Flooring Nails

...dded a membrane (see later) and had 70mm of ready-mixed fibre-rich special flooring screed spread on top, which I later tiled. ...the upper floor, here the bottom channel is screwed down to the chipboard flooring. One of the main roof purlins is visible just below the ceiling.

...it came in kit form! Some of it was a table, and the rest some surplus oak flooring!

...t plinths when you discover they only fitted correctly before you laid the flooring! (don't ask me how I know!)

* 3'x2' 18mm flooring chipboard pieces.

[http://www.forbo-flooring.co.uk/framework/DesktopDefault.aspx?menu_id=747 Marmoleum] is a brand avail There are also laminate wood style flooring sheets available that are printed wood patterns on thin hardboard or MDF.

...ith a sketch of the shape, and transferred this to a bit of spare laminate flooring someone had given me (the thin MDF with a melamine face is quite good for t ...ve into the wings, and add a small bevel to the edges. So another laminate flooring profile template was made. I used this to draw the curve before cutting clo

So to make the offset spacer, I started with a bit of scrap laminate flooring since its a 5mm thick MDF core which is easy to sand smooth, and it has lam

...source of thin template material, is to pick up a pack of budget laminate flooring from a local DIY shop.

...gn="top" rowspan="9"|Extra Coarse (Very fast removal of material, hardwood flooring initial sanding)

* Not suitable for tiles, lino etc, grit stuck in the brushes can scratch the flooring.

When lifting pieces of [[flooring]] is practical, home made fans can have their motors put in the void betwee

* Requires more lifting of flooring when retro-fitting to existing building * Pipe may be "cabled" with minimum lifting of flooring in existing building

...n edge. A typical example may be when removing a section of sheet material flooring in a room. The saw will need to have the riving knife removed, the blade gu

...mally harmless, despite the worries often expressed about it. Burrowing of flooring plank cores is no rare thing, and does not normally cause a problem as long

* Loft flooring (12mm is for non habitable use only)

...an amount to allow for the thickness of the floor covering. If there is no flooring down at all when the door is fitted, you should allow at least 6mm for this

...ation levels are required, and white or near-white flooring is used. Other flooring colours result in significant reduction in energy efficiency.

== Flooring == ...|By the end of the job we had a huge pile of off cuts of plasterboard, and flooring! You hang onto them for a while hoping that the odd shaped bit you need for

...wn to provide intermediate support blocks, enabling use of cheaper thinner flooring. Bricks also work, but can cause condensation where they touch the floor.

...not run out of storage space). I Ordered loads of tiles, and some Karndean flooring, and stocked up on plumbing materials. ...ns in that room – since we had bought about 6 square meters (two packs) of flooring but there is 7 ish square meters of floor. However the bit under the bath d

* Laminate or [[Sheet Materials|hardwood]] flooring laid over the floor to block draughts

;[[Asphalt]]: Hardwearing flooring made from bitumen and clay. : layered material. Most often used to describe [[:Category:Wood|wood]] flooring laminate, which is generally a thin layer of real wood on a chipboard base.

Terrazzo is concrete flooring into which stone pieces, usually marble, are pressed. After setting, the su

Sometimes used with chip flooring to avoid [[Strengthen a Wood Floor|creaking]] and [[Nails|nail]] lifting.