floating floor

[kilty55]

i popped a note through the customers door yesterday for him to call me when he gets a chance so i can discuss the floor while its still at the planning stage,he didnt sound to pleased for some reason so time will tell whether i get to giver my opinion on the floor

 

[diamondtiling]

Obviously its best if its screeded but if the builders dead set against it see if he'd be willing to put thin joists in to secure the chipboard, if not and you've pointed out the possible future problems to the customer and the builder and you can't afford to turn work down then i'd be inclined to do it.
I thought lateral movement of the whole floor rather than deflection was the problem with floating floors?

Deflection as in 'bounce' is worse than lateral movement, with lateral you can use a decoupling membrane to alleviate movement, deflection has to be eliminated completely.

 

[redlee]

Deflection as in 'bounce' is worse than lateral movement, with lateral you can use a decoupling membrane to alleviate movement, deflection has to be eliminated completely.

Agreed, but the problem with floating floors is the fact they move sideways not deflection?

 

[diamondtiling]

Agreed, but the problem with floating floors is the fact they move sideways not deflection?

floating floors can move in any direction Lee and bounce is a particular problem with them, what makes you think that deflection is not a problem mate?

 

[redlee]

floating floors can move in any direction Lee and bounce is a particular problem with them, what makes you think that deflection is not a problem mate?

The ones i've seen have been chipboard laid on thick insulation Kingspan/Celotex type and the floating/lateral movement aspect has been the issue not the deflection.

 

[jay]

Kilty whats the make up of the floating floor if you dont mind as there are a few different versions around

oh and by the way tiles are a solid object and are designed to go over a solid substrate they have very little tolerance for movement in any direction

just to add to the disagreement

still waiting Kilty