Hello. I am in the process of furnishing the upper floor of a barn where we live on the ground floor. I have now come to the part of leveling the floor and laying out the chipboard. But there’s the issue with the chipboard. I have just lost my job and want to start thinking about expenses. Can I use something other than 22mm floor chipboard that is cheaper? It's just under 60sqm and I got a price from a friend who works at a larger building store, about 5500kr for chipboard. Can I come in under this with another solution?
Best regards, Daniel
Best regards, Daniel
What will you have on top of the chipboard? The alternative is tongue and groove boards. It might cost a little more, but on the other hand, it also serves as a surface layer in most cases, so you save on the cost of laminate/carpet/etc.
I was thinking of laying laminate on the boards.
No, unfortunately, I live in the Gothenburg area. Checked Jem&fix and they want 4600kr for chipboard. It's obviously better; it seems like chipboard is a very simple and easy-to-work-with solution.useless said:
Yes, it's hard to beat chipboard price-wise. The only downside is that you need something on top. Tongue and groove floorboards, about 22x95-120, should be available for just over a hundred per square meter from a local sawmill.
Does a bearer support as well as chipboard?
I don't want it to feel like a sports floor to walk on.
I don't want it to feel like a sports floor to walk on.
The answer to the question has two dimensions, both figuratively and literally 
Chipboard flooring has a good even quality, but a tongue-and-groove wood floor, 22mm thick, of decent quality should be equally stable as chipboard - between the beams.
However, the entire floor structure receives a significant improvement in flexibility with screw-glued chipboard flooring, as the chipboards become part of the construction, forming a beam-like structure out of the floor joist and chipboard.
This stiffening is not achieved with a tongue-and-groove wood floor.
If there is a short span and substantial dimensions on the floor structure, there is no need and little benefit from this composite construction. Still, if the span of the floor structure is around 4 meters, screw-glued chipboard is usually necessary to achieve acceptably low deflection.
Chipboard flooring has a good even quality, but a tongue-and-groove wood floor, 22mm thick, of decent quality should be equally stable as chipboard - between the beams.
However, the entire floor structure receives a significant improvement in flexibility with screw-glued chipboard flooring, as the chipboards become part of the construction, forming a beam-like structure out of the floor joist and chipboard.
This stiffening is not achieved with a tongue-and-groove wood floor.
If there is a short span and substantial dimensions on the floor structure, there is no need and little benefit from this composite construction. Still, if the span of the floor structure is around 4 meters, screw-glued chipboard is usually necessary to achieve acceptably low deflection.