Brush down the top of the floor joists to clean away any dirt or dust.
Fixing yellow tongue flooring to steel joists.
No need to pre drill or counter sink.
14 x 65mm twin thread self drilling wood screw steel 19 22 25 no.
Learn how quick it is to install yourself.
Joist material flooring thickness mm screw type size timber 19 22 no.
Part 3 how to lay chipboard flooring tongue and groove chipboard flooring is a common building material.
400 480 or 600 mm centres for 2400 mm sheets 450 540 or 675 mm for 2700 mm sheets place end joints over joists blocking not normally required on blue tongue edges refer to installation notes all panels continuous over at least two spans installation plyfloor flooring layout detail 1 framing select joist spacings to match.
Be generous with this using.
Ki n dried or stabilized.
The maximum joist centres for 19mm yellow tongue is 450mrn.
Structaflor gp is structural grade particleboard sheet flooring for use in residential commercial buildings.
Then attach the sister joist using three 16d common nails driven every 16 in.
Regarding my concerns about the yellow tongue and thank you for taking the time to reply we ve decided on a different solution.
Securely fix floor joists to bearers.
We ve recently inherited some 2nd hand heavy thick ply from 3 shipping containers used to delivery three 18 ton gas engines so will attach this as a temporary floor where the yellow tongue will be later used.
It is particularly suited to platform construction where the floor is laid prior to erection of walls as well as fitted floor construction.
The max mum centres for 22mrn red.
10 x 50 mm twin thread self drilling wood screw 25 no.
As1860 2 recommends that if.
9 or 10 x 45mm countersunk self imbedding head self drilling fixing to steel timber i beam joists note.
Structaflor red tongue structaflor red tongue is 22mrn thick.
Then use your caulking gun to put construction adhesive on top of the joists.
Driving 16d common nails in old hard wood is difficult.
When the sagging joists are level apply a generous bead of construction adhesive to the existing joist.
Part 3 out of 3.
After installing our joist and bearers we started laying the yellow tongue sub flooring.
Wing design opens up the hole when drilling into timber.
But it s usually best to run the sister joist over the entire span.
