These floors look similar if not identical to hardwood floors, but they offer better protection in below-grade environments. Is the subfloor rigid or strong enough to support your hardwood flooring?
Particle board and chipboard are unacceptable for solid hardwood installations, but may be used in an engineered flooring install. The room where you plan to install your floors matters quite a bit too.
If you plan to install your flooring in a bathroom, kitchen, or mudroom, make sure you have enough ventilation to keep your subfloor just as dry as the top surface of your flooring. Moisture is damaging for solid and engineered hardwood floors. No matter where the moisture hits the floor, it can ruin the integrity of your installation. Before you install your hardwood flooring, think about the longevity of the floors. To keep them lasting for generations to come, you must start by meeting all of the subfloor requirements.
Click to learn more about how to prepare your wood subfloor or your cement subfloor. Have questions? Need a little bit of extra help? Start a chat with one of our flooring experts in the box on this page and get a fast answer to your hardwood flooring installation questions. Installation Tips. Installation Guide. Types of Installation. Flooring Grade. The existing planks that make up your floor have strength that runs in one direction only, and it is now recognised that ideally, subfloors should have strength that runs in both directions.
This is particularly important if your old sub floor has lumps and bumps in it. If at all possible, aim to sand your existing planks if they are showing significant signs of old glue or materials that need to be removed.
When you fix the ply to the old floor, you should avoid fixing it to the joists. By working this way, there will be no need to introduce any form of liner between the old planks and the ply. The method of installation you choose will depend on a whole host of factors but will be one of these: glue down , nail or staple down or floating. Again, you can find an article debating the pros and cons of each method here.
Two of the most important things to bear in mind, whichever method you use are: to acclimatise your new flooring well and secondly to allow for expansion and contraction of your new flooring by leaving an expansion gap of mm around your whole room.
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