Upstaires Floorboards problem!!

blastarhymes

Hi Guys, just looking for a bit of advice,

Got round to decorating upstairs and i have noticed when taking up the carpet that some of the Chipboard floorboards are bouncy, a couple of placed cracked...what they have done is lay the boards down and not finished the board over a joyce, so where the 2 boards join is over a gap!

I'm no builder but is this against any regs etc as it has made week spots all over the entire upstairs.

Also i noticed the boards go under all the stud walls, guessing to do a total repair i would have to take down all the walls ?

any body with any ideas to fix or if i have a leg to stand on regards getting someone else to pay to get it fixed ?

Think the work was done late 80's by some one the previous owner had in,

Cheers guys,

penguine

Get a couple of builders in to have a look at it and give you some advice. I seriously doubt you'll have to take the walls down to put in new floorboards.

It's also unlikely you'll be able to get the previous owner to pay to have work done properly that they bodged 25 odd years ago.

Ruski

Perfectly normal to have T&G chipboard joined over an unsupported void - if laid correctly this shouldn't be a problem - after all, it was designed to be laid like that and then stud walls built on top of them.


HTH


Russ

blastarhymes

Guessing was not laid properly then if its sponge and breaking around the joints ?

How long is this stuff suppose to last ?

Dave

societys_child

Is it T&G wood flooring or T&G chipboard?

The way to fix it is:
Check there are no pipes, wires, etc, then cut the offending boards back to the nearest joist using a circular saw (with blade set to thickness of existing boarding) straight down the center of the joist(s) (NB. don't cut Joyce, she won't like it).

Fit new boarding onto the half joists which are now exposed (would normally need boards about 16" to fill the space)

Should be no need to remove any walls . .

blastarhymes

Yes this was my first thought, sorry its T&G chipboard, the other idea i had was to buy some metal strips and run them over the top of the boards where the join was and over the 2 nearest joyce's and screw them in to add some strength. that would obviously be a quick fix and then underlay and carpet over.