Plywood Or Hardwood Under Carpet

Hardwood floors are commonly 3 4 inch thick tongue and groove boards.

Plywood or hardwood under carpet.

Peek inside the opening to look at the type of wood that lies in the gap. Plywood is only one type of underlayment. Under some circumstances osb may flex underfoot when installed under carpet or vinyl flooring. This usually occurs if joist spacing is a wide 24 inches rather than the standard 16 inches.

Firstly i think you mean differance between ply and hardboard not hardwood hardboard is much cheaper but is more flexible and a softer material. While hardwood is solid all the way through plywood consists of multiple thicknesses of thin wood veneer layered at angles and then glued and compressed under heat to form a strong laminated. Finally if you want to glue down your hardwood floor do not use an underlayment. Do this by multiplying the room s length by its width.

It is an ideal building material for subfloors. Depends what the issue is with existing floor boards really flooring ply is usually 5 5mm thick cheapest way of buying is in large standard board sheet 8x4 foot in old money or 1220x2440mm. Carpet padding does not provide enough support for hardwood floors and is often too thick for nail installation. The key to a beautiful long lasting hardwood or laminate floor is a well prepared subfloor.

There is usually no appreciable difference in the performance characteristics of plywood or osb subfloors. When it comes to subfloors that go down on top of the floor joists between the joists and the finish material plywood is the preferred choice. Depending on if what the floor finish will be tile hardwood or carpet there are different. If you can feel a soft spot in the floor under the carpet the subfloor has likely been weakened or damaged.

This isn t the same as having a floor squeak when you step on it which simply indicates that the subfloor isn t tightly fastened to the floor joist in one area.