I'm about to replace the solid wood floorboards in the bedroom, but it appears the existing floorboards run underneath the wall and continue in to the 2nd bedroom? wall appears to be made of a breeze block type material (1950's house)... The joist under this wall was right on the very edge. this meant that the floorboards had to be cut flush with the face of the wall and there was nothing to fix the ends of the new floorboards to. a 3 inch x 1 inch batten was treated and screwed to the side of the exposed joist giving some bearing to the end of the new boards. hearth. hearth. Upstairs wall built on floorboards. discussion in 'general chat' started by digital tench, mar 20, 2010. mar 20, 2010 at 5:08 pm. digital tench, mar 20 resting on some meaty floorboards that run under the wall...the floorboards are all in excellent condition and have never been lifted and hence fully support the wall and are connected.
I am assuming normal floor boards and you are cutting the flooring tight to the wall on the room side you will have to introduce timbers every couple off feet to support the stud wall under the cut floor boards remove 3 or 4 boards each side 6x2" tmber screwed in thickness off the floor boards plus 1mm under the stud repeat every 2ft. Lifting floor boards is often required when doing diy, here we demonstrate an easy way to lift floor boards so that they can be replaced with the minimum of making good afterwards.. However it appears that the floorboards under the bath and elsewhere are rotting. i have taken up the top layer of lino only to find a layer of old lino underneath that is glued down to the floor. it is proving a nightmare to get up and nigh on impossible to take up without damaging the wooden floor underneath..
