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Chipboard Flooring

Chipboard flooring is used to build a subfloor over joists so that flooring can be laid on top. Shop our range online today!

What is Chipboard Flooring?

It is a product that is commonly installed as a sub-floor. This sits on top of building joists, engineered for all domestic and most other floors. Once laid, a variety of surface flooring can be fitted over the top.

It is a composite product. It's manufactured from coarse sawdust and wood chips. These are combined together with resin to create hard wearing and stable sheets.

The wood and resin mixture is subsequently heat processed and compressed to form the large chipboard sheets. It is also called particle board on account of the particles of wood that are clearly visible throughout.

It is designed to slot together through the tongue and groove system. This creates an even, smooth and robust surface. The sheets can be secured in position with nail or screws or by the application of adhesive. Chipboard flooring acts as a protective base layer. Its moisture resistance means it remains dry and resists attack from damp and mould.

Chipboard flooring sheets are measured and cut to fit the floor space and bonded to building joists. The boards are nailed, screwed or secured down with specialist adhesive.

Chipboard sheeting is easy to cut to shape so can be installed successfully even in rooms with an awkward footprint. Such as rooms with multiple recesses and complex corners. Chipboard sheets can also be be used to create:

  • Suspended floors
  • Board roof spaces
  • Lofts
  • Secondary layer of flooring

Why?

At Building Supplies Online we have a range of high quality chipboard products. These are specifically designed for use in flooring projects. Our chipboard range include:

  • Caberfloor
  • Caberdek
  • Cabershield

We offer panels in various board sizes, offering versatility. They are suitable for use of various kinds of flooring and other boarding projects. All of these are manufactured to meet the industry standard P5 grade of BS EN312. They are approved by the British Board of Agrement (BBA), the UK's leading construction certification body. This means our chipboard is strong and durable, fire resistant to industry standards. It offers moisture resistance so can be used even in humid rooms such as kitchens, bathrooms, and so on. It can be fitted in new builds or extensions when the building might not be weather proof.

Our chipboard is affordable. This means that you can use it in all of your flooring and other chipboard paneling projects whatever your budget. Chipboard is a composite, engineered wood product using fine wood particles. These are pressed and extruded, then bound with high strength resin. This creates a consistent and smooth board that is ideal for use in flooring projects.

Chipboard can make use of potentially waste wood products. Chipboard is more affordable than other types of sheet material. It is also environmentally responsible. All of our range is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).

This protective film means that it can be laid in new builds and extension projects before the roof is fitted. Also before the building is weather proofed, saving you time and money on your project. It means that the chipboard will provide a safe surface for you to work on while completing other part of the project. This means you won't have to worry about damaging the chipboard as you work. The protective film is removable so that when you are ready to lay the floor covering it can be removed. It will reveal the clean, consistent, level, and smooth face of the chipboard panels.

The chipboard products in our range are also all designed with tongue and groove making the chipboard panels quick and easy to fit. It's ideal for flooring and other paneling projects to create a smooth, even surface that floor coverings. It can then be laid onto without the need for smoothing out joints, knots, or voids as you have to do with other kinds of sheet material. Whatever your flooring project our range offers a reliable and affordable solution.

Making a Choice

At Building Supplies Online we have a range of high quality chipboard products designed for use in flooring projects. Our chipboard range includes chipboard flooring panels available in various board sizes.

These offer versatility and are suitable for use as various kinds of flooring and other boarding projects. All of our chipboard products are manufactured to meet the industry standard P5 grade of BS EN312. They are approved by the British Board of Agrement (BBA), the UK’s leasing construction certification body.

This means our chipboard is strong, durable and fire resistant to industry standards. It offers moisture resistance so can be used even in humid rooms such as kitchens and bathrooms. It can be fitted in new builds or extensions when the building might not be weather proof.

Our chipboard is affordable, meaning that you can use it in all of your flooring and panelling projects whatever your budget. Chipboard is a composite, engineered wood product. It uses fine wood particles that are pressed and extruded, then bound with high strength resin. This creates a consistent and smooth board that is ideal for use in flooring projects.

Chipboard can make use of potentially waste wood products. It is more affordable than other types of sheet material, as well as being environmentally responsible. All of our chipboard flooring range is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).

The chipboard base core is covered with a protective, waterproof, impact resistant, and non-slip film. This protective film means that the chipboard flooring can be laid in new builds and extension projects before the roof is fitted. Meaning the building is weather proofed, saving you time and money on your project.

It means that the chipboard will provide a safe surface for you to work on while completing other part of the project. Without having to worry about damaging the chipboard as you work.

The protective film is removable so that when you are ready to lay the floor covering it can be removed to reveal the clean, consistent, level. The chipboard products are also all designed with tongue and groove on all sides again making the chipboard panels quick and easy to fit.

They are ideal projects to create an even surface that floor coverings can be laid onto without the need for smoothing out joints, knots, or voids. You have to do this with other kinds of sheet material. Whatever your flooring project the chipboard products in our range offer a reliable and affordable solution.

Our range of strong and moisture resistant chipboard flooring is available in a two sizes. It's fully FSC certified and made to meet all the required standards for safety, such as fire resistance and moisture proofing.

Our options have been selected not only for quality but value. With prices suitable for any budget and any size of undertaking.

It is a very versatile engineered wood product, it is also known as Particle Board. Engineered wood is made up of small pieces of wood chips bound together with special resin and glues, to create a strong bonded product.

As it is an engineered product it is free of defects such as knot holes and other natural marks. This means there is no wastage of the product.It is more economical to use for an unseen subfloor than plywood. Plywood is more attractive and therefore can be more costly.

Uses

It is used to build a subfloor over joists so that flooring can be laid on top. It is moisture resistant as it is important that the subfloor stays dry and is not at risk from damp and mould. It is made in a tongue and groove design so it is smooth, easy to install, and is strong once it is laid down.

Chipboard sheets can be held in place with nail or screws or by simply using adhesives to stick them down. If you do use adhesives to lay your chipboard flooring this will ensure your floor is unlikely to develop creaks and squeaks.

Fortunately, chipboard sheets are very easy to cut to shape for any awkward corners. With a good even layer of smooth chipboard sheets to form your subfloor, your choice of floor coverings will be easy to fit on top.

If you have chosen to lay laminate flooring or wood flooring over your new subfloor, you may not need any other underlay material. Chipboard sheets can be used for many things such as loft boarding and building a suspended floor over a solid subfloor.

Chipboard flooring is made to meet all the standards for safety, such as fire resistance and moisture proofing.

Our range has been selected not only for its high-quality materials and finish but also its price point. Our Cheap Chipboard Flooring is suitable for load-bearing applications. Even in conditions where moisture can potentially vary due to humidity.

Our P5 high-density Cheap Chipboard Flooring is designed for all your flooring applications. These Chipboard Floorboards are available in a tongued and grooved format and come in either 18mm or 22mm thicknesses.

This is the ideal solution for all domestic applications. It can also be used in some specific commercial flooring applications. The P5 Chipboard Sheets are the most commonly used in the UK. The durability is due to using highly moisture resistant resin systems.

Chipboard Flooring with tongue and groove joints are designed to be easily installed and are also moisture resistant. These Chipboard Floorboards come in two sheets sizes, 18mm X 2400mm X 600mm Chipboard Flooring and 22mm X 2400mm X 600mm. It is easily slotted together using tongue and groove joints (t&g).

To avoid the possibility of noisy floors ensure that joints are glued with a waterproof D3 adhesive. It is also highly advisable that your chipboard flooring sheets are e glued to the joists or beams regardless of the mechanical fixings.

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How to Lay 

Before laying you should store it in the room a couple of days before to allow it to acclimatise to the temperature and the humidity.

  1. Start by marking the position of the joists along the bottom edge of the walls. This is so you can align the screws with the joists.
  2. It is laid lengthways across joists with the printed side up. Lay it down so it’s grooved side is facing the wall.
  3. Use timber wedges to ensure an expansion gap. This gap will be hidden when Skirting Boards are put into place.
  4. Screw into the floor joists to secure it.
  5. Make sure the space between the screws is 6 inches across the entire floor.

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