Homebase - Loft Floor Packs

WH Smith were handing out 15% off everything at B&Q vouchers the other weekend. Useable from 3rd to 19th March or something like that.

MBQ

The nearest Smugs is more or less the same distance away as Homebase/B&Q and are all town/city centre based so would have to pay parking as well as fuel to get there...

Anyone know about loft panels @ Hoembase?

The B&Q ones are 4' long I think. Make sure you compare the same lengths...

(Also I saw a 5 for 4 offer for them last week, but can't see it on the B&Q website.)

I expect they all come off the same production line in the same factory anyway, just get a different insert in the plastic wrapper.

I'm going to be laying some of these 4x1' sections soon, across some 3x2s.

They'll be supported at each end, but can I get away with one 3x2 in the middle, or do I need two?

(This is for flooring the extremities of the eaves, with maximum headroom of

I know they used to - bought some there once many years ago. Whether they still do however is a different matter.

Four feet to within 0.03 inches.

If you can get them up through the loft hatch, standard 8ft x 2ft (2440mm x 610mm) flooring chipboard sheets should be better value for money.

Colin Bignell

That's what I got from Wickes. Green finish, quite hard and I found out by accident not too affected by water.

Green flooring chipboard is the waterproof version, although they have stopped colouring it green these days.

Colin Bignell

Thinking about it, this stuff is 3/4" thick and only 4' long.

I'm sure supporting at only 3 points will be fine, and possibly even at just

These panels are T&G on 4 sides, if you glue the joins & stagger them as in brickwork the joins don't need to be over a joist.

I'll support mine such that the insulation going underneath them doesn't need to be cut along it's length. Which conviently is 400 (ish) wide so two supports in the middle of the board.

I've done the maths on 8 x 4's and the floor packs are cheaper. I think I did it with 8 x 2's as well. At least at shed prices.

One also needs to factor in the lack of T&G all round and hassle of handling in the loft in relation to the direction the joists will be running.

Yeah I'm pretty sure I've seen them in there fairly recently (this year) but didn't notice the price. If they are more than =A36.30 my 15% off everything voucher doesn't save me anything over B&Qs price of =A35.48/pack. (possible 5 for 4 offer excluded).

Are Homebase not in the 'phone book?

MBQ

Wrong question.

Try: do Homebase employ anybody at the nearest store who is capable of responding to a telephone query with any degree of accuracy ...?