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By installing wood over an existing floor, you bypass the messy job of removing the old flooring and you gain instant soundproofing and insulation from the old floor. A disadvantage to leaving old flooring in place is that you must correct any irregularities in it.
Step 1: Find all the places where the subfloor may be damaged. Look for uneven areas in the floor or cracked floor tiles.
by Kathy Maynard, reprinted courtesy of ServiceMagic.com Q: I want to faux the concrete floor in my kitchen. Right now there is vinyl flooring glued down.
Advertise on this site Installing Tile Over A Wood Subfloor Concrete and Masonry, Flooring, Kitchens and Baths, Interior Published 10/19/2006 by Danny Lipford Installing tile over a wood subfloor is a lot easier today than it was when I started my remodeling career. The old-fashioned mud method — floating a thick mortar bed in preparation for the tile — has given way to using cement backerboard.
Installation Before we install a floor, we visit the jobsite usually during the estimating process to determine the scope of the project. Many areas that you wish to have hardwood flooring installed usually have existing flooring that must be removed prior to the installation process.
Full subfloor replacement: If the subfloor warrants complete replacement, consider 1" construction grade plywood. It provides a strong and dimensionally stable subfloor with no squeaks.
Materials: mask pry bar reciprocating saw circular saw jig saw 1 1/4" screws drill tape measure 1/2" wood for subfloor Subfloor Installation 1. Wear a mask to protect yourself from possible mold in the rotted floor ( figure A ). 2.
Advice from Other Experts: Removing Linoleum or Vinyl Flooring and Glue By Jeff Williams One of the most frustrating home remodeling tasks is trying to remove an old linoleum or vinyl floor. Even when the linoleum is pulled off, things only get worse: Now you're faced with gobs of old glue that seem harder than meteorites all over the floor.
Repairing Floor Coverings After A Flood Subfloor Water coming up from below will cause most damage to subfloor material. If a linoleum or vinyl floor covering is not under water many days, the floor covering may partially protect the subfloor material.
Q. I am installing bamboo flooring.
reprinted courtesy of ServiceMagic.com Q: How do I remove the odor of pet urine from my carpet? Some of the stains are old and I am constantly steam cleaning my carpets.
Removing Vinyl Sheeting Okay, sometimes you have to say forget it and replace an entire vinyl sheet floor. Maybe yours has too many nicks, stains or dents to ignore, maybe the glue beneath it has given up the ship and created bubbles or springy areas, or maybe you just plain hate the 70s pattern.
In bathrooms, it's a good idea to apply an isolation membrane over your wood subfloor. These membranes are thin rubber-like materials that will protect the tile from the expansion and contraction of the wood subfloor caused by high moisture, temperature and humidity changes.
Do not fasten flooring to the subfloor. Secure trim moulding to the wall or directly to the subfloor.
A: Concrete Floor Moisture - Concrete floors directly in contact with the ground are never completely dry. Also, the moisture content of new concrete is high, regardless of grade levels.
Removing MasticAdhesive - search Product results Local: Ter 14 Out 1986 15:54. Virgin Assunto: Re: Removing tiles and mastic.
Home > Forum > Floors And Stairs > How Do I Repair Squeaks In Subfloor Without Removing Carpet? Q&A : Floors and Stairs Title Of Question : How do I repair squeaks in subfloor without removing carpet? Name: Rhonda Date Of Post: 09/29/05 Question: I know there has been a special type of nail or screw system to fix squeaks through the top of carpet. What is this system called?
You would think, considering we're dealing with new construction the actual subfloor itself wouldn't need much preparation. Think again! Painters are notorious for spraying over anything.
Preparing The Subfloor Step by step process on what to do after you "ripped" up your old floor and showed your subfloor. This Video File show how to clean up, remove the nails from the old hardwood floors and renail the subfloor.
Please Note: Questions & Answers shown below are samples from My Home Improvement markets throughout North America and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of local experts in any specific market. Questions 1 - 10 1 2 3 Next Adding A Subfloor My house was built in 1998 and has 34 inch OSB under the existing carpet.
Subfloor preparation recommendations I have removed a layer of vinyl flooring from my old kitchen/entry way and some of the paper backing is still on the plywood. Some areas I can remove it with some light scraping with a "scraper" but other areas take some real work.
Please Note: Questions & Answers shown below are samples from My Home Improvement markets throughout North America and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of local experts in any specific market. Questions 1 - 10 1 2 3 Next Adding A Subfloor My house was built in 1998 and has 34 inch OSB under the existing carpet.
DEAR TIM: It is time to remove the 18-year-old ceramic tile in one of my bathrooms. The tile is a smaller octagonal tile that is adhered to a cement board which is nailed to my wood subfloors.
Michigan State University Extension Home Maintenance And Repair - 01500020 06/24/03 Repairing Floor Coverings After A Flood Subfloor Water coming up from below will cause most damage to subfloor material. If a linoleum or vinyl floor covering is not under water many days, the floor covering may partially protect the subfloor material.
Laminate - Install the floor manufacturer’s foam underpad and laminate flooring on top of the DRIcore panels according to the floor manufacturer’s installation instructions. NOTE that the installation of a continuous vapour barrier on top of DRIcore is permitted as long as it is not sealed to the perimeter wall.
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Dear Kevin A home built before WW II would have wide pine planks as a subfloor. They were installed "air dried", when the house was built.
Removing Linoleum From Concrete Step 1: Use a utility knife to cut the flooring into 6- or 8-inch wide strips. Step 2: Pour hot water onto the flooring and leave it for a few minutes.
Dear NH, We have particleboard as the floor surface beneath the carpet now. We want to install self-adhesive tiles.
Pet urine is a unique odor problem because of its biochemical makeup. It has a high protein concentration and emits ammonia, mercaptans and amine gases.
Q: One visitor asked, "I have a foyer that is 8 x 10 with a hardwood floor that may have once matched the rest of the floors in my house. It has 1/4 inch plywood glued down to that and linoleum atop of that.
Subfloor removal... me too Hi, This is my first post here.
Re: removing vct from plywood [ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Flooring Discussion Board ] [ FAQ ] Posted by Paul O'Dell on June 16, 19100 at 08:19:51: In Reply to: removing vct from plywood posted by Jim on June 15, 19100 at 21:59:05: : I have about 8000sq.ft. of vct laid over plywood with a latex adhesive.
You are in luck that your tile is adhered to cement board. This will make the job somewhat easy.
Mold and mildew in subflooring [ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Flooring Discussion Board ] [ FAQ ] Posted by Kathy on September 19, 19100 at 12:20:57: Our subflooring has been saturated for a few months now from an undetected dishwasher leak, and has sprouted a good crop of mold and mildew. After removing the sheet vinyl flooring (which had been damaged by the leak), a floorer told us that he recommends laying Luon down over the old layer of vinyl tiles that remain and putting laminate over that.
U. S. General Services Administration Historic Preservation Technical Procedures 09550-03 REPLACING A DAMAGED SUBFLOOR UNDER TONGUE AND GROOVE WOOD FLOORING PART 1-GENERAL 1.01 SUMMARY A.
Our Services Lovett Deconstruction, Inc. provides a full range of disassembly services for commercial, industrial, and residential structures, from removing siding to dismantling an entire building to its foundation.
Remove the Current Finish Floor In most cases the whole subfloor doesn't need repair, only limited areas. To determine this you will have to remove your current finish floor, whether it's sheet vinyl, carpet, or something else.
I have a problem in my 100+ year old farmhouse with some subflooring. I am in the process of removing all the subfloor to reveal the original hardwood floor.
3. Attach pressure treated 2x4s to the floor using an actuated nail gun to drive the nails through the 2x4s and into the concrete ( figure B ).
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