Another flooring question.?
I have 3/4″ thick by 3″ tongue & groove boards for my kitchen sub-floor. It’s got to be more than 40 years old but its still very solid. We’ve redone the kitchen entirely and I know I should be laying down some 1/4″ luan over the sub-floor to keep the individual boards tied together since the new finished floor will be running in the same direction. My question is, what is the thinnest solid wood floor do you think I could lay over all this? I was thinking 3/4″ but if I can go thinner that would help me deal with the rise from the dining room to the kitchen. Can I go with a 3/8″ or 1/2″ thick flooring? We’ve been looking at Bellawood’s Brazilian Cherry or Teak solid flooring.
The house was built in 1928 and is on a raised foundation if it helps to know.
Thanks
So it won’t matter that my new finished floor will be running the same direction as my 3″ wide sublfoor boards?
By all means you can go thinner. You can go w/ the 3/8 or 1/2 inch. There called engineered wood floors. Real good stuff since they come from the factory very straight. You can glue or staple this floors don t since there so straight.Takes a special staple gun on the 3/8 (which you can rent) Some 1/2 in you can use the full size staple gun that 3/4 uses. Check w/ manufacturer on there recommendation. One bad point on some of these you can t resand down and refinish like a full 3/4 board.Most come now w/ an aluminum oxide finish that is very tough. But its wood you still can scratch it w/ a pebble in the tennis shoe.( As you can w/ any wood).I love the engineered wood it goes together so much easier than 3/4 in Both woods have good and bad points GL
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