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Best Screws for Chipboard Flooring: Sizes, Spacing and Fixing Guide

Get the length, gauge and spacing right, glue the joints, and a P5 chipboard deck has every chance of staying flat and quiet.

Best Screws for Chipboard Flooring: Sizes, Spacing and Fixing Guide

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Get the length, gauge and spacing right, glue the joints, and a P5 chipboard deck has every chance of staying flat and quiet.

The best screws for chipboard flooring have four features: For 18mm boards that means 45mm to 50mm screws. For 22mm boards it means 55mm to 60mm screws. Get the length, gauge and spacing right, glue the

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Get the length, gauge and spacing right, glue the joints, and a P5 chipboard deck has every chance of staying flat and quiet. For 18mm boards that means 45mm to 50mm screws. For 22mm boards it means 55mm to 60mm screws.

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For 18mm boards that means 45mm to 50mm screws. For 22mm boards it means 55mm to 60mm screws.

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