chipboard flooring as top floor

[Janet M.]

Hello! I was watching HGTV the other day and this DIY man/person took chipboards, cut them into large tile size, made his own wood flooring from these "tiles". He put something around them that looked like chaulking, much like you would chaulk tiles, he stained them, just like other wood flooring, then put a sealer (the same sealer they use on basketball courts) on the whole floor, and made this his new "wood" flooring. It looked great on TV. I did not get to watch the whole show and by the time I got myself "tuned" in I had missed hearing all the instructions and just which show this was on. Now I have trying to find this procedure and can not find any information of this type of flloor anywhere. Anyone even hear of this?
I would like to hear from someone who knows about chipboard and if this can be made into a nice but cost effective flooring. Also, what do you think this man used around the chipboard tiles to make them looked chaulked? Can you use regular chaulk around wood tiles?

Any suggestions and feedback are appreciated. Thanks Janet M.

[HayZee518]

I do not know about chipboard or osb. I do know that if it gets wet it expands by a great margin. the glue just lets go! and the fibers expand. try going to the hgtv site and see if you can locate the video

[HayZee518]

I went into the hgtv site and typed anything logical into their search engine for chipboard, osb tiles. nothing showed up. I went looking for episodes on wooden tile - still nothing. went to my browser and typed in wooden tiles. lots came up with manufactured oak, bamboo etc floor but nothing about chipboard. one manufacturer has plastic coated chipboard. the site suggests using a flexible adhesive and I can only guess the grout is silicone to remain flexible.