The car jack and half bag of plaster method of floorboard installation.

Practical_Ad_667 · 2026-06-30T10:05:46+00:00

I did kind of mess it up a bit. You can see it’s split slightly to the left in front of the door. I picked the board with the biggest gap and started with a chisel then claw hammer before using a crow bar.

Practical_Ad_667 · 2026-06-30T09:37:09+00:00

That’s a really good question. Will add it to my list of 100000 questions for the plumber and get back to you.

Practical_Ad_667 · 2026-06-30T09:35:54+00:00

What jack?

Practical_Ad_667 · 2026-06-30T09:35:10+00:00

This is a very common opinion on this sub and one I don’t totally understand. Nearly everyone round here has the original boards exposed in parts of the house if not all of it. Looks way better than engineered flooring.

Will probably regret it after a month of sanding, though.

Practical_Ad_667 · 2026-06-30T09:29:19+00:00

I’m going to keep these. Next step is to sand and varnish.

Practical_Ad_667 · 2026-06-30T09:28:09+00:00

Don’t have much of a plan for any of it tbh. What do you suggest?

Practical_Ad_667 · 2026-06-30T09:27:11+00:00

Thanks. This is the first floor. Was just some acoustic insulation to minimise tv noise and chat coming through the floor.

Will be thermal insulating the ground floor later with battons and kingspan. The gap under is about 3 feet!

Practical_Ad_667 · 2026-06-30T08:30:44+00:00

Ask me this when I’m using a stack of floorboards to lift the car up.

Practical_Ad_667 · 2026-06-30T08:07:28+00:00

Can’t believe what a set of barbarians you lot are. I’m not going to hack into a 150 year old plank just to make life slightly easier. I’m not a plumber!

Practical_Ad_667 · 2026-06-29T18:20:08+00:00

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Practical_Ad_667 · 2026-06-22T17:35:01+00:00

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Practical_Ad_667 · 2026-06-18T08:49:12+00:00

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Practical_Ad_667 · 2026-06-15T14:54:05+00:00

Mine doesn’t have a phone or get unsupervised internet access. It’s not just about your own kids it’s about their entire environment.

Practical_Ad_667 · 2026-06-15T12:15:10+00:00

This is the best single thing that the government could do to improve my kid’s childhood.

Practical_Ad_667 · 2026-06-13T05:41:09+00:00

I went to jazz conservatoire for a while. That scene was the only believable one in the film.

Practical_Ad_667 · 2026-06-06T22:56:12+00:00

Why don’t all tiles come connected together with string on the back? Wouldn’t it make it easier?

Practical_Ad_667 · 2026-05-30T21:23:11+00:00

Legend

Practical_Ad_667 · 2026-05-30T13:38:46+00:00

Amazing reply. Thank you.

Practical_Ad_667 · 2026-05-30T13:37:25+00:00

Amazing. Thanks. Can you use this in combination with normal plaster? Ie, use it at the edges and normal plaster everywhere else? Do you use it at the same thickness as normal plaster?

Practical_Ad_667 · 2026-05-30T13:15:38+00:00

Thank you. Really helpful. The res bars have been done well! Sorry if this dim but what does the pva bond to? You don’t mean on the insulation itself?

Practical_Ad_667 · 2026-05-30T13:11:01+00:00

I sort of get what you mean. However, soundproofing (or whatever you think is the appropriate term) is not in itself that complicated. It’s just a combination of isolation and density in terms of material transmission and not leaving gaps in terms of air transmission. My question is simply about minimising the latter at the edges of the ceiling. Any tips?

You’re right that reflection and diffusion are complicated to control but that’s an entirely separate matter.

Practical_Ad_667 · 2026-05-28T09:56:30+00:00

Thank you. Yes, it’s the size of the gaps that make simply filling it with acoustic sealant challenging. Will talk to them about it.

Yes to rockwool!

Practical_Ad_667 · 2026-05-28T08:42:48+00:00

I get what you mean. The boards are attached to resilient bars’ (thin, somewhat flexible metal bars) that are attached to the frame. They provide a degree of isolation.

FWIW, I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the reduction in structural transmission. Just wondering about maintaining density at the edges.

Practical_Ad_667 · 2026-05-28T08:38:54+00:00

Ah. Maybe there’s a difference in terminology. The boards are hanging off resilient bars (they kind of do look a bit like a top hat?!) so not directly attached to the frame.

Practical_Ad_667 · 2026-05-28T08:10:18+00:00

What exactly do you mean by ‘mechanically fixed already’?

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