Getting cracking on the flooring

Big day today to try and knock out the flooring so we can move on to wall framing tomorrow.  Didn't quite do it, but not too much to go - so BUIT 4543... here we come!!!  Basically just carried on from last weeks efforts with the sisalation & fixing floor sheets, but was a good focused bit of mahi today because I was able to get a bit of clarification on some things that I was a little unclear of last week.

Found out when glueing its a good idea to put the glue on the edge more to the top (than the bottom) so that when the particle board is attached, it isn't pushed under the sheet and cause level discrepancies, but rather pushes up and seals the gap between the floor sheets.

Was pretty difficult hammering the nails in today, once the glue had got on the hammer head - as it kept slipping off on impact and sending the nail off angle.  Got a good tip from Marty to carry a bit of sandpaper around, this way you can get rid of any build up of glue and stop the hammer from slipping.

With the nails on the particle board, I got some clarification on the spacings.  Around the edges this should be distributed every 150mm (if along nogging - otherwise at every joist that the particle board sits on).  Along the joists in the interior of the particle board, the increments are every 200mm.  When measuring these increments, a good tip is to pre mark out the spacings on a straight bit of timber the width of the particle board (rather than having to measure out at each joist line.

Along the boundary joists, the particle boards weren't pre-cut (like we had done for interior sections - like in the wet areas), but done in one go after it was fastened on.  Rich taught us to use a straight edge tacked into place at the right measurement (which was to measure the overhang with a 8mm tolerance inwards, plus the width of the guard of the skill saw).  The skill saw blade was set so that it went the depth of the particle board only (and wouldn't damage the boundary joist underneath), and then was guided along the straight edge to make a even cut and the right measurement.