Category: 29 Floor insulation and wood 1

Friday 20th July 2012 / 09:30

William’s been and picked up the insulation so we’re going to unload it now.

Friday 20th July 2012 / 13:28

William’s got the wood from Totton Timber and we’ve unloaded it. Originally the chipboard was going to float on top of the insulation, but because the area is so large and there will be some point loads, such as stud walls, I’m going to lay joists allowing for 300 mm of insulation to go between. The insulation will go between the joists and the chipboard will still rest on the insulation, but it will be firmer.

So, we’ve got 20 sheets of insulation 2400 x 1200 x 100, 40 sheets of 22 mm chipboard 2400 x 600 and about 60 m of 45 x 95 CLS timber.

Sunday 26th August 2012 / 19:57

Damp proof membrane is unrolled.

Sunday 2nd September 2012 / 20:05

Continuing at glacial pace with the construction of the timber floor. The joists need to be supported at exactly the right height to match the existing floor. Wooden blocks are cut or shaved down with a router to a tolerance of less than 0.5 mm so that support is even all over as when some of it is tiled later there must be no flex.

Sunday 30th September 2012 / 14:25

Wooden support blocks in position.

Saturday 13th October 2012 / 13:36

Insulation is cut and fitted  between joists.