floor boards/ply on joists....

[Ken Bruty]

Or you could check out where the pipes go first by pulling up the odd board near radiators etc, then set your circular saw to 15mm and if you think there is a pipe in that area bend the partly cut floorboard up, have a look and if no pipe re-set your blade to 19mm and cut away, simples! If there is a pipe there use your multitool to carefully chop the 3mm of floorboard left around it

 

[Mr Tiler]

thank you ken!

 

[tfs]

Mr Tea bag,

In the situation you decribed you would need to lift some floor boards in ther next room until you get to the first joist at aither side of the wall (the first in batrhoon and first in bedroom for example)

At this stage you would cut and fix dwangs (noggins) between the joists.

It is not possible for you to fit new battons around the perimeter of a room if there is nothing to fit to so in your case you will need to remove part of the flooring at th other side of the wall. Once you have installed the dwangs (noggins) at 400 or 600 centres this will be sufficient for you to lay the new floor over.

If you choose to install a like for like replacement floor then you could simply slide the flooring under the wall if there were no fixings through the sole plate of the stud wall at that area.

hope this helps.

 

[Mr Tiler]

yes mate the moor input the better as when It does come along I can at least have an understanding of how it all works thanks matey

 

[beanz]

Don't get paranoid please....

i don't know about paranoid, but maybe a slight exaggeration.. Put it this way, if I was to go 1mm into a pipe with a skillsaw, I'd repair the pipe. Just because it isn't leaking right away, doesn't mean it won't go. If you're happy to leave it, good luck to you.

 

[macten]

It's about common sense at the end of the day, a circular saw set to a depth that will cut through the boards and not pipes.
I do a lot of plumbing and if I'm lifting 18mm boards to alter pipe work and I set my saw to 18mm then I have to go over it again at 19mm, sometimes 20mm just to get through the board. So I save myself the time and go 19mm and never so much as tickle a pipe.