Carpet Over Plank Subfloor

There are few holes and it is level for the most part he had said the end results would be better if i took the time now.

Carpet over plank subfloor.

Concrete slabs should be flat use a leveling compound to fill any depression or voids. Even some of the telltale. Simply apply the adhesive to the subfloor with a notched trowel and spread across a small area at a time approximately 1m. It can help smooth out very minor dents and bumps in the subfloor.

Right now i have 3 4 tg hardwood which is not in the best shape over a 2 5 wide x 3 4 inch think plank subfloor which runs perpendicular to the joists 2x10 16 oc. Wood strip board or plank subflooring. Laminate underlayment is thin 6 to 8 millimeters foam padding that comes in rolls about 3 feet wide. Ideally i would tear out the existing finish flooring screw down the existing plank subfloor where loose repair the plank subfloor where needed and then lay my new flooring engineered hardwood right over the existing.

I have learned so much thanks to the searchable articles on. Over the subfloor a foam underlayment is applied. So my house has 2x6 car decking tongue and groove whatever you want to call it subfloor that i am going to tile over both in the kitchen and the bathroom. Underneath the hardwood laminate tile or carpet lies the subfloor and it s a component that only gets attention during a full scale renovation or a full blown problem.

To do this measure and cut the plywood to fit your room. If the plank subfloor is solid 3 8 might be fine but consider 1 2 or thicker underlayment grade plywood. You need to fix the uneven floors by using a leveling agent or putting down a new subfloor before you install your flooring to ensure that your investment in flooring will keep its value. Flooring over plank subfloor whether or not you need plywood underlayment under engineered wood flooring depends on the condition of the original subfloor.

Loose or damaged subfloors can cause squeaking and affect the performance of the finished flooring that is installed over it. Either plywood or osb is sufficient as a subfloor for carpeting. The rest of the floors are 3 4 oak as you can see in the pictures.