Theres got to be an easier way!

[Scott]

Compressor and a staple gun, its what the amtico/karndean boys use, and fortunately one of my mates does amtico! Plug it in, load the gun and fire away!

Staples for an 18mm ply floor?

 

[DHTiling]

Floating floor...:yikes:

 

[Scott]

I have a local supplier but got it from a company in scotland (on Ebay). Was around £220 from memory

Edit: They are on special a the moment!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Quik-Drive-QD...Home_Garden_PowerTools_SM&hash=item1c0fcd596f

 

[PJ Tiling]

I have a local supplier but got it from a company in scotland (on Ebay). Was around £220 from memory

Edit: They are on special a the moment!

Quik Drive QD76 KEG Auto-Feed Screw Driving System 110V on eBay (end time 25-Dec-10 11:48:47 GMT)

Bang Tidy!

Thats my christmas prezzie from the wife sorted!:hurray:
Just got to go tell her now:smilewinkgrin:

 

[Ian]

Staples for an 18mm ply floor?[/QUOTE

If I'm doing 18mm, use 9mm twice, first layer length of the room, 2nd layer width. 22 mm paslode staples

 

[Scott]

9mm twice isnt as strong as 18mm though and even ring shank nail can still pull out? I only ever screw it down

 

[Ian]

Its not often I use ply anymore, I've been converted to hardi boards. Thing with the nails is you can put about 4 times the amount in a board,in half the time. With addy, grout and tile weight its very secure, and dare I say it, more secure than screwing?

 

[Bathfix Bob]

mmm... each to there own I think, I've never really got on with nails over the years, and only use them for things like wooden beading. Screws 'pull' the ply down to the floor and hold it there.

I know what you mean though, its time consuming screwing all those screws in.

On the subject of drills my Makita LXT 18V 3.0ah (11 months old) has just got the flashing lights of doom on one battery from the charger to suggest its had it. These batteries are damn expensive and I've heard loads of tales about them failing just after the guarantee has run out.

In fact its a year old in a weeks time.

 

[mikethetile]

screws have a weakness between where the thread finishes and the head starts. next time you shear a screw look at how small the section is, for a long time we had to use ring shank as screws were considered too weak, ringshanks wont hold chipboard flooring down so the chipboard screw was developed and is the only screw that should be used to hold chipboard floors down, with ply screws are not so good as they seperate the laminates while srewing in, the best way to fix ply down is with ringshanks as the downward force breaks the laminate downwards as it drives through forcing the downward facing laminate into the rings preventing the nail from pulling up again

 

[mikethetile]

having just read bobs post I remember that if you are overboarding over chipboard use chipboard screws if you are overboarding over ply or timber use ringshank