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I’ve got a chipboard kitchen floor which in some of the high traffic areas is squeaky and/or bouncy. Now I have got the awful vinyl tiles off it which were stuck to a thin layer of plywood on top of the floor I can see the chipboard has seen better days.
Don’t see the need to replace the whole floor but two or three patches are obvious for replacement (circa 600mm x 1200mm x 18mm each).
Floor grade chipboard seems the obvious choice of material – is there anything I should treat it with to further keep the moisture out ? Is it worth forking out for plywood flooring? I’ve got some 18mm chipboard in the garage (was left in the house before we bought it) but I don’t know if it’s floor grade or not.
(We plan to fit laminate wood floor covering over the chipboard once new kitchen is in.)
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For hi traffic areas I'd be tempted to pull it all up and put 21mm chipboard down. Use proper chipboard flooring screws so it holds nice and tight.
of course that might play havoc with your levels.
oh, and laminate in a kitchen? that's likely to end one way.
Is the chipboard fixed to joists, or is it a floating floor and just sitting on polystyrene/planking/whatever ? Fixed to joist = piece of piss, I would use about 2" + drywall screws, use pva on the joists to reduce squeaking. It used to be green chipboard flooring in bathrooms and kitchens, and brown everywhere else, but now it seems to be green everywhere.
If it's a floating floor with the chipboard sitting on polystyrene, which is much more likely as it is only 18mm thick, then it is a much bigger problem. To renew just an area will require gluing and screwing battens round the edges - after you have dug out some of the polystyrene. I would avoid renewing any unless you really have to - maybe you can sheet out the whole area with half inch ply instead ? Glue and screw the ply but be careful of any possible pipes.