Plywood Planks As Flooring

Low cost no surprise that the number 1 benefit of plywood flooring is the price.

Plywood planks as flooring.

The 1 2 plywood had the perfect amount of give for our project not to mention it was also cheaper than 3 4 plywood. Hence it can be the best alternative to hardwood flooring too. Only took about 30 minutes to stain the 9 x 11 room we used 3 4 7 ply plywood again but this time got home depot to make the cuts. Along with the glue i used 18 gauge brads to hold it tight down to the sub floor.

It really took all that nasty yellow rough plywood y looking surface off the planks and transformed them into wide pine boards. This can be done since plywood does not expand and contract with seasonal changes like solid wood does. This step takes time and is a lot of work but trust me it is so worth it to put in the extra effort here. To prevent that subfloor from showing between the plank spaces we painted it with a really dark brown paint that had an eggshell finish.

The first one was done staining each plank then when they were all dry we installed them. The flooring under our plywood planks is light colored plywood. Basements are not recommended for plywood flooring because they re typically a bit damp and a concrete floor can transfer moisture from the soil to the plywood which could cause it to delaminate. Look at the given solid hardwood flooring done with plywood planks beautiful packed spaced and glued together.

Plywood is a better option than laminate or hardwood flooring. A simple project that can spruce up any room on the cheap. This time we installed the planks then stained all at once. If our floors weren t so uneven we could have used 3 4 but the flexibility that a 1 2 plywood has was perfect to conform to our uneven sub floor s contours.

Many of the projects we have seen use pine plywood sheets with prices between 15 and 25 per sheet and with each sheet covering 32 square feet you quickly see that it s very easy to end up with a new floor self installed for around 1 per square foot. The strips are laid tight to each other and are actually glued down to the sub floor using polyurethane construction adhesive. Plywood also comes with increased stability. The plywood plank flooring thickness the plywood plank flooring thickness we used is 1 2 thick.

The second room we have done with plywood plank flooring.