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Thread: Pine T&G Flooring
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12th December 2011, 04:29 PM #1New Member
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Pine T&G Flooring
Hi Everyone
I am brand new here so forgive me if I am covering old ground!!
Having my first go at laying T&G floorboards. I am using 140mm boards and nailing to termite treated pine joists at 450mm centres.
Because the boards aren't long enough I need to join them, I intend staggering the joins but I am not sure how do the joins. I assume the join should occur on a joist, if so that will mean the nails in each if the boards are very close to the ends with every chance of splitting.
Does anyone have any instruction on how I go about this?
cheers
puddles_7
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12th December 2011, 05:25 PM #2
Welcome to the forum,.
I suggest that you pre-drill, all the holes for the nails, especially on the board ends. And place joins on joists.
This will prevent splitting, drill should be just slightly smaller than the nail diameter, but not equal or larger.
Jeff
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12th December 2011, 09:34 PM #3New Member
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Thanks Jeff
I wasn't sure whether I should plan my joins and arrange double joists where the planned joins would be. This would add a bit more subfloor timber and require some planning, I prefer the flexibility of being able to use any joist for the join. I intended to use a nail gun but that's OK I can use a hammer for the nails at the ends.
Regards
Puddles_7
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12th December 2011, 09:53 PM #4GOLD MEMBER
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An old trick when dry fixing floor board is to squirt a beed of talc powder along the joists before laying the section of boards. This helps eliminate squeeking, which is often a problem with gun nailed softwood joists. Obviously this is not for glued floors.
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13th December 2011, 08:38 AM #5
more wood
Puddles
You can also attach a short piece of timber the same size as the joist to the side of the joist effectively creating twice the width to nail joins onto.
Regards Mike
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13th December 2011, 01:28 PM #6New Member
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Rustynail
Thanks for the talc tip, I had intended to use liquid nails on each joist to deal with the squeeky floorboard issue.
Mickyg
Now that's a good idea, I will have some joist offcuts so I will do just that.
Cheers
Puddles
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13th December 2011, 03:28 PM #7GOLD MEMBER
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I can hear the termites coming now... fresh tea fresh tea yum they are saying
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13th December 2011, 07:04 PM #8Member
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Advise against using Liquid Nails..........Use Sika T-55 or Ultraset.
I'm not young enough to know it all.
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13th December 2011, 08:29 PM #9
Ref Rod1949, I do agree with him, PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE THE HOUSE TREATED ASAP!!!.
It recently cost me $2,000.00, to have the house done, after discovering the little B%@*&%$S in the architrave around the back door.( $35.00 for timber to replace the eaten bits)
Jeff
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