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The Installation Handbook - Howarth Timber

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4<br />

Fix self adhesive GTEC Resilient Tape along the<br />

length of each joist over the GTEC Acoustic Floor<br />

Clips and along intermediate full depth and<br />

perimeter noggings.<br />

5<br />

Lay the flooring across the joists at right angles.<br />

Tongue-and-Groove chipboard edges must be<br />

glued with PVA wood glue. Leave a 3mm gap<br />

between flooring and the perimeter wall and<br />

seal the gap with GTEC Intumescent Acoustic<br />

Sealant before skirtings are fitted.<br />

Screw-fix through the flooring and GTEC Plank<br />

into the GTEC Metal Angle either side of each<br />

joist using 63mm GTEC Acoustic Floor screws at<br />

a maximum of 300mm centres ensuring that<br />

the fixings do not penetrate the floor joist.<br />

6<br />

<strong>The</strong> screws, when screwed home and<br />

countersunk, pull the GTEC Metal Angles out<br />

of the clips to clamp the GTEC Plank to the<br />

underside of the flooring and create a<br />

completely free-floating floor supported on<br />

the GTEC Resilient Tape.<br />

THE INSTALLATION HANDBOOK 2008<br />

53

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