A minimum 3 4 inch thick sub floor is required.
How to install 3 4 prefinished hardwood flooring.
We found some prefinished maple flooring at the local home improvement center that looked like it would work well for our application.
Thick tongue and groove hardwood floor without all of the sand in place dust and the added hassles that come with applying the finish.
If you are working atop a single plywood layer we recommend adding a second layer of 1 4 to 1 2 inch plywood or commercial floor substrate material.
The factory finish is very durable but it can be sanded if it ever needs refinishing.
Or thicker solid hardwood layer on top.
Measure out from the wall the distance of one floor board plus 1 8 to 1 4 inch 0 3 to 0 6 cm expansion room.
Most engineered flooring can be installed using staples full spread adhesive or a floating method over an approved subfloor.
Blind nail wood flooring.
Grade levels where moisture conditions do not exist.
Use wood or drywall screws to attach the substrate to the floor joists.
Start by snapping a chalk line across your sub floor.
It is the responsibility of the installer and owner to ensure that job site.
If there s a squeak screw a long drywall screw into the sub floor and joist where the squeak occurs.
Includes planning equipment and material acquisition area preparation and protection setup and cleanup.
This flooring can be installed over old wood flooring or over a plywood sub floor.
3 4 inch cdx plywood is preferred and 3 4 inch osb is acceptable.
Cull and blend flooring.
We installed this 2 1 4 wide prefinished hardwood flooring in hamilton mill georgia in november 2012.
Most 3 4 inch solid hardwood flooring can be installed using nails or staples over an approved subfloor.
Remove shoe molding from the room and sweep and clean thoroughly.
You can use a scrap piece of lauan or other thin wood material against the wall to use as a spacer.
We are showing in this video the way we nail the stap.
Prefinished hardwood flooring installation labor basic basic labor to install prefinished hardwood flooring with favorable site conditions.
3 4 solid hardwood flooring installation instructions.
Make sure you have a sturdy subfloor.
We wanted a traditional 3 4 in.
Engineered wood flooring is a prefinished tongue and groove flooring that has alternating wood grain laminations much like plywood but with a 1 8 in.
Minimum requirements are a 3 4 plywood sub floor.