Stud wall construction on floating floor

[James Duke]

Hi, does anyone have any experience of constructing a stud wall on top of a floating floor? 

 

Thanks

 

James 

[Russell griffiths]

Loadbearing??

non loadbearing ??

what do you want to know, build wall screw it down to floor sheets, that’s about it isn’t it. 

 

Ps. don’t screw through any pipes. 

Job done. 

[markc]

Screw through the floor into whatever is underneath. once saw a flooting floor with stud wall fixed just to the upper floating part ... heavy doors played havoc with plumb and the floor

[nod]

You would normally fix a sole plate to the floor for your studs layout Then install your floor in each room With a 20 mil expansion gap around each sole plate and the perimeter 

You shouldn’t fix anything through the FF

 

[James Duke]

2 hours ago, nod said:

You would normally fix a sole plate to the floor for your studs layout Then install your floor in each room With a 20 mil expansion gap around each sole plate and the perimeter 

You shouldn’t fix anything through the FF

 

Thanks nod. I was thinking of taking the FF up as the insulation and chipboard is damp due to a leak. Fixing a soleplate to the concrete and building the stud wall up from there, then re-laying the floor on either side of the new wall.  I understand the concrete has a DPM on top so can I screw into this or is there another way of fixing the sole plate? 

[James Duke]

Also, with a 20mm expansion gap, how do I go about filling the gap on the finished floor? I'll be using a flexible flooring of some description but 20mm is too wide to be covered by normal skirting. Thanks.

[nod]

If you roll a length of dpc un the sole plate Then fix through it 

 

Im guessing  you already have plaster on the wall If so reduce the gap to 10 mil and cover the  gap with the skirting board 

But you need to leave the gap clear 

[Russell griffiths]

3 hours ago, nod said:

You would normally fix a sole plate to the floor for your studs layout Then install your floor in each room With a 20 mil expansion gap around each sole plate and the perimeter 

You shouldn’t fix anything through the FF

 

Shows I know nothing ??‍♂️

[James Duke]

16 hours ago, nod said:

If you roll a length of dpc un the sole plate Then fix through it 

 

Im guessing  you already have plaster on the wall If so reduce the gap to 10 mil and cover the  gap with the skirting board 

But you need to leave the gap clear 

Thanks Nod, this has been really helpful. 

[nod]

1 hour ago, James Duke said:

Thanks Nod, this has been really helpful. 

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