Quickest way to fit 200 sheets of ply?

Hi everyone,

Got a job starting in the new year.... 600m2 of karndean/Amtico
The only snag is the subfloor is concrete and customer wants 9mm ply
to achieve levels for CAT trims. Screed is out the question for some perculiar
reason!!!

My question is: How would you do it?

Done a lot of this before, but not this amount in one area.
Is it just a case of get on with it, drill, plug & screw
or is there something out there which can make it any
quicker?

 

Get a heap of labourers lol. Or do a usain BOLT! Fair size of job

 

Have a look at the gekko gun not used it but seen a demo might speed things up a bit

 

why is the customer telling you how to do the job???
wrong way round fella lol

 

As Mike just said, you're the guy that should be telling them exactly how it should be done. Why would you want to introduce moisture into a 600m2 job when you have the perfect option with screed. Also, the customer will have much less labour to pay for with screed than drilling and screwing plywood.

 

Tried & tested methods to achieve the best finish to the
trim.
Like I said before... Done a lot of these in the past.
150 Lin of trim to pick out walk ways and other areas.
Screeded some in past but client prefers the finish
the ply gives.

 

Could you stick down the ply with a flexable wood adhesive? Need a big notch trowel and have to weight the boards down

 

Bet you would

 

Why cant you get it done with a pump? hire one out or sub it to a firm who pump screed, screed for crete ply for wood, id never ply out over crete fullstop.

 

No different to sticking engineered to concrete!

 

If floor is flat stick the ply with F3 that would be quick.

 

Yes done that before with a real big notch and if it's a good screed, concrete nails to hold it until it dries,

 

Did it about 20 years ago in a class room. Not sure why but we rolled it with the roller. It did stick though.

 

Same here. Did a hallway in davinci years ago for shop owner. Height difference so used ply on f3 (with pins to hold till set). Floors still solid

 

Always been told never to put ply on concrete. But why?
If the concrete is dry and you drill,plug and glue it, what's the problem?
The builders I do wet rooms for do that every time for the past 15 years.
Then again that's only one sheet.

 

When you have to rip up an old ply'd floor on concrete, have you ever come across one that wasnt rotten to the core?

 

Do a moisture test. Same as if fitting wood - if its dry enough for wood then ply can go down.

On a big area though, I'd rather screed

 

I've done a moisture test a couple of weeks ago and it's
good to go.
I don't mind doing both, but plying is just very labour intensive.
Just picking brains to see if there's any quicker way.