hey well im thinking of flooring ym attic so i can have the garage back an use it what its there for, so any tips of how to go about flooring the attic would be great,

The attic will only be used for storing boxes an xmas stuff so wont need to hold any large weight, so extra supports wont be a problem,

So what would be the best material to use? the house is only a year old so nothing should be rotten in up there,

An would i be best using screws or nails to hold the wood? down?

Im a complete novice at all this so all tips welcome.....

MB.

 

Get chipboard flooring, either individual or packs, the boards are about 3'6" by 1' wide. They are tounge and grooved to interlock them. The best thing to use are chipboard screws, about 1 1/4" or 1 1/2" in length, probabally M8 or M10. They sould be able to get screwed straight through into the joists, if not you can drill a small plot hole first.

 

Tip - Don't screw or nail through all the wires that will be knocking around up there.

Tip - Don't put your foot through the ceiling


Normally use tongue and groove chipboard mate. Screws are better.

 

As above, deffo the tongue & groove chipboard 18mm thick......secure the boards with twinfast plated screws 3.5mm x 35 - 40mm long.

 

no probs, looks like chipboard is the way to go, any ideas on prices?

How hard is all this to do as im a complete novice..... i.e the only thing ive ever built is a few bits of wood knocked together to stop the car falling on me...

MB.

 

Hopefully with it being a new house you should already have insulation up there, if not get some down before screwing the boards down

 

You built a wooden trolley jack?

 

Up my way a company called Jacksons Timber do the M/Resistant 8x2 Flooring for:-

18mm Ł4.00 per sheet

To give you an idea on the price the hardest part of that job is getting them into the attic other than that just make sure your screws go into the beams

 

D19 STE


Cheers mate, ye its all insulated, going up later to have a look about an measure it up, fitting sounds into my mates teg this weekend hopefully rope him into giving me a hand flooring the fooker,

MB.

 

 

 

 

B&Q do specific packs of t&G chipboard for attics - cheap as chips as well

 

Yeah, thats what i'd recommend. The boads are quite small in size so dead easy to handle compared to the bigger sheets.