Tuesday 17 May 2011

Flooring

3.2.1        Explain using photograph’s, notes and sketches how the flooring was laid on the Unitec house.
You must cover: The type, sizes, direction of sheets, gluing requirements, cutting, nailing patterns, care, lifting, Health and Safety, etc. Include all fixings information as well.


Placing the particle boards, we had to find the full length of the joists and mark the middle. Then came out 800mm from the middle, we had to do this on both right and left sides of the middle mark. This mark is used for string lines to help guide the silver insulation.



Once the joists, and nogs are done. We then needed to use a planner to get the joists all plumb and levelled.



We also created a mechanism to give 100mm slack for insulation, for the floor of the house.






After laying down the insulation we then had to cut out 4 to 3 squares for a place to set the glue for the boards. This was 300mm spacing from each square on each joist.










Eg, of the glue placed into the squares cut out, only problem is that the glue sets within a 10 min period so you have to be quick placing the boards before it sets.



After the glue is placed  you then will need  to lay your boards 200 mm away from the 800mm, because the size of the boards is 1200 mm wide.so the measurements for the board is 600 mm  out from the middle.


To fuse both boards together and getting a tight seal, you will need to glue the sides of board and place them side by side. Use a chisel, and hammer it on the sides to the joists and push the board into the spot where it is getting sealed with glue. Making sure that the board is plumb and equal, you then hammer the boards down with nails.

 Continuing this process to whatever your plans are told.

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