Can someone help before i lose hundreds

[grumpygrouter]

Hi grumps,

the chip board would be the standard way for a floating floor and as the guys chose initialy to lay wood this wood have been fine. As they then later decided to tile the next step would have been to ply over idealy.

Thanks for that mate. Reading your thread I got the impression is was a suspended floor not a floating floor, hence the reason I asked about chipboard first!

 

[Fekin]

If there is upto 2mm movement in the floor I don't see anything being able to cope with that amount of movement.

 

[tfs]

Hi Pete,


The client seems to think it's the batons moving as he put some down in the living room where the wood flooring is still going, and hey presto the ones he put down are rocking a bit.

And thats it really


mike

seems like the floor may not have been builty correctly too! if it is rocking then I would assume that it was not built level to the ground. The timber battons should be packed whereever neccessary to ensure a level finnish, as an extra security it is wise to gripfill around packed areas to keep a tight secure fix. (small cuttings of ply are ideal for packing and peices of old roof slate are a great alternative too)

I noticed you mentioned about the insulation board being 3mm above the battons. I think they should be finnished flush with the battons so as not to cause any problem when it come to sheeting, there would idealy be a gap between the underside of the board and the ground too. They should perhaps have used bigger battons to overcome this.
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my spelling etc is terrible, I think we should have spell checker incorporated into this!:lol:

 

[Cliff Anger]

Just to add my 2 penneth

Sorry Mike - You cannot solve this problem with a "flexible" grout. With only 3-5 mm joints and up to 2 mm movement your looking at over 50% movement which means even a soft Silicon joint would fail.

The only solution is to stabilise the movement in the wooden sub floor.

 

[Perry]

seems like the floor may not have been built correctly too! if it is rocking then I would assume that it was not built level to the ground. The timber battens should be packed wherever necessary to ensure a level finish, as an extra security it is wise to grip fill around packed areas to keep a tight secure fix. (small cuttings of ply are ideal for packing and pieces of old roof slate are a great alternative too)

I noticed you mentioned about the insulation board being 3mm above the battens. I think they should be finished flush with the battens so as not to cause any problem when it come to sheeting, there would ideally be a gap between the underside of the board and the ground too. They should perhaps have used bigger battens to overcome this.
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my spelling etc is terrible, I think we should have spell checker incorporated into this!:lol:

There is a spell checker available with this site mines a lot worse 😛ete

 

[tfs]

realy? how do we use this?

 

[DHTiling]

I don't know of a spell checker on the forums pete........

I use the tool bar spell checker from Google..............

 

[salmonfisher]

spell checker says ABC with tick under it, top right hand side of reply box

 

[DHTiling]

spell checker says ABC with tick under it, top right hand side of reply box

:lol: so it does..............I have been used to my own and...NEVER EVER seen that....

cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeers....

 

[tfs]

Nice one!