Glue floor sill?

[Et1975]

I'm planning to build a new interior wall on the upper floor, which has waterborne underfloor heating in the wooden joists.

The wall will have a door in the middle. To build the wall, I plan to attach a horizontal beam to the floor to use as a baseplate and then install vertical wooden studs to drywall onto.

I want to avoid screwing into the floor because of the waterborne underfloor heating!

I'm considering whether it would work to glue a steel track with PL400 to use as a "baseplate"? Or how should it be done?

 

[Et1975]

Since no one has anything better to suggest, that's how it will be. However, I've changed my mind and will use wooden studs instead.

Borrowed a thermal camera today, and luckily, the pipes seem to lie c-c 300 along where my wall will be erected. And the wall will be erected in between two pipes.

So, I will probably glue the "sill plate" with PL600. I'm considering also driving in a few 55mm nails, they penetrate 10mm into the floor chipboard and should therefore be risk-free.

 

[fribygg]

Considering driving down a few 55mm nails as well, they then penetrate 10mm into the floor chipboard and should thus be risk-free.

Screws probably adhere better than nails in floor chipboard.

 

[Et1975]

Screws probably attach better than nails in floor chipboard.

True!
Thinking that if I clamp down the "sill" with the standing studs, it's only shear forces that might need handling at worst, and then it doesn't matter if you have screws or nails. Like a chubby person falling into the wall…. 😅

 

[fribygg]

True!
I think if I clamp down the "syllen" with the standing studs, it's only shear forces that need to be handled at worst, and it doesn't matter if you use screws or nails. Like if a big guy falls into the wall... 😅

A mounting screw of the right length should be suitable, with the large head it CAN'T go too far into the chipboard.