Plywood On Top Of Hardwood Carpet

Hardwood floor nowadays is manufactured as tongue and groove and quickly installed with a nail gun and standard 1 75 length nails.

Plywood on top of hardwood carpet.

Thanks for the info. There are some sound dampening underlayments made of cork or rubber to limit noise transmission under wood or tile flooring but it sounds like you have been told no on that already so i think you may be stuck. The key to a beautiful long lasting hardwood or laminate floor is a well prepared subfloor. Do this by multiplying the room s length by its width.

The floor joists run lengthwise to the room and we want to install a floating laminate floor. We just lay it right on top of the carpet and then put the hardwood on top of that. Don t even try to put flooring on top of carpet. How to lay carpet without harming hardwood.

Plywood floors are suitable for any room. Installing carpeting over a hardwood floor is not a difficult task but it does require some physical labor. I have a second story floor that was carpet over plywood subfloor. Before you install your plywood subfloor first calculate the room s square footage to find out how much flooring you ll need to buy.

Hardwood floor is 0 75 thick. There will be way to much flex and give even with plywood. If you re nailing at a 45 degree angle this would be a total of 1 before you get to the plywood 0 75 x sqrt 2. Plywood underlayment is a thin plywood material that is most commonly used under resilient flooring materials such as vinyl and linoleum sheets and tiles.

It can also be used under hardwood laminate and carpet but this is much less common these days because subflooring is typically smooth enough for these materials many of which are installed with a different type of underlayment or pad. Run the flat edge of a stair tool along. But plywood s softer surface has a tendency to chip and dent making the final application of a hard top coating vital to the success of your floor. I hope that helps.

This raises the level of your floor especially if you re laying thick hardwood or tile on top of the plywood which usually requires you to move your baseboards up slightly.