I'm in the process of laying chipboard flooring and noticed that there was nothing for the chipboard to rest on against the chimney stack, so I used some mortar b to build a small ledge for it to rest on. This is indoors on the second floor of a house. Is it necessary to have any sill paper between the chipboard and the mortar? Normally, wood should never be in direct contact with concrete or mortar, but is it necessary in this case? (Indoors)
The sole purpose of the syllpapp is to break capillary action and shouldn't be necessary there. However, you might want to lay a piece of underlay foam to counteract any potential creaking, or crackling if some material comes loose and causes noise under the floor.
Thank you for your responses!
Since there is no water anywhere nearby, it didn't seem like I would need to use capillary breaking with sill paper, but you are definitely right that it might be good to have something in between to avoid creaks or the like. Although it's a very small area and you will hardly ever walk there since it's behind the door to the room and on the side where a closet will stand.
I'll just put something leveling in between, though it has to be very thin because I adjusted the edge to the height of the studs (one is visible in the image above) to get it level. But it's quite easy to sand down the edge a little.
It might end up being sill paper after all, since it likely builds up less than foam.
Since there is no water anywhere nearby, it didn't seem like I would need to use capillary breaking with sill paper, but you are definitely right that it might be good to have something in between to avoid creaks or the like. Although it's a very small area and you will hardly ever walk there since it's behind the door to the room and on the side where a closet will stand.
I'll just put something leveling in between, though it has to be very thin because I adjusted the edge to the height of the studs (one is visible in the image above) to get it level. But it's quite easy to sand down the edge a little.
It might end up being sill paper after all, since it likely builds up less than foam.
How would you attach the floor chipboard to the concrete edge?
It's easy with the wooden beam..
Is it screw and plug that are used with the concrete?
Nail plug? I don't want to crack the edge I've made..
However, it is reinforced with a rebar.
It's easy with the wooden beam..
Is it screw and plug that are used with the concrete?
Nail plug? I don't want to crack the edge I've made..
However, it is reinforced with a rebar.
PL400E eddiw said:
Yes, it might be enough to just place the floor chipboard on the concrete and screw it into the wooden frame. Later, with the help of a skirting board, you might be able to press down and keep everything in place.useless said:
Is an option that might also work. However, then you have to glue both the paper to the mortar and the floor chipboard that will later rest against the paper.Thiger said:
Perhaps it's easier, as mentioned above, to press the floor chipboard into place with a skirting board.