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Screwsize for Chipboard flooring

 
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Slugster
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 10:01 am    Post subject: Screwsize for Chipboard flooring Add User to Ignore List Reply with quote
18mm boards into std 8"x2" joists

8x2 or 10x2 ???

Should I drill a pilot hole or whack em straight in?

Any need to counter sink or let the screw bury itself?

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Hinton Heating
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 10:12 am    Post subject: Add User to Ignore List Reply with quote
I'd use 8x2

No pilot drills

No countersinking, just let them bury in.

I could be completly wrong, as its not a pipe! Laughing
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 10:43 am    Post subject: Add User to Ignore List Reply with quote
What you use screws to fasten pipes Shocked Wink

8x2 sounds good to me, in the attic I arsed about to much - pilotholes and countersinking. All this did was weaken the board so some of the screws pulled too deep.

That's why I asked about the 10's

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bstyle
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 10:45 am    Post subject: Add User to Ignore List Reply with quote
Quite often the screw will damage the edge of the chipboard if you don't pilot drill, middle of the board is fine though.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 9:37 pm    Post subject: Add User to Ignore List Reply with quote
use these screw http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/cat.jsp?cId=A331374&ts=71801 no need for pilothole or countersinking
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Hinton Heating
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 10:23 pm    Post subject: Add User to Ignore List Reply with quote
what size would you recommend W4F?
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Gadget
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 10:56 pm    Post subject: Add User to Ignore List Reply with quote
I use 2" drywall screws!!
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 6:53 pm    Post subject: Add User to Ignore List Reply with quote
4x40mm screw long enough
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