A section of the floor in the loft had been replaced at some point in pine, and has since been eaten away by woodworm to the point where it is unsafe.
We replaced the old floor with a tongue and groove chipboard underfloor and tongue and groove pine cladding on top.
First thing is to rip out the old floor:
A few hours later:
The planks along the wall ends needed to be cut out with a saw as they went under the plasterboard. Luckily I was able to borrow a powerful electric saw from the builder which went through the planks like a knife through butter.
Next is to remove the old nails from the joists:
Then screw the tongue and groove chipboard panels into the joists:
Next is to lay the tongue and groove pine boards and nail them in by the tongue through to the chipboard:
We were able to leave an expansion gaps at the wall ends as this will be covered by the skirting boards.
The finished floor:
Next is to spray the flooring with 2 coats of anti woodworm treatment to prevent a repeat of the problems.
An hour or so after the application the floor swelled up due to the absorption and all the planks were buckled and heavily distorted. Oops! Luckily a few days later it settled back down but it would have been very annoying after all the hard work.
We now have a bit more wood to add to the winter stockpile as well...
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