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Particle board underlayment hardwood flooring.
Particle board underlayment.
Most people use nails or hardwood staples to attach hardwood flooring to the subfloor but this is only an option if the subfloor is made of plywood.
Using a standard nail gun to install the floor was out of the question particle board isn t structurally sound enough to bite nails.
The reason you can only float a floor over particle board is because nails won t hold in the particle board and glue will ruin the particle board.
If this type of underlayment is present it will have to be removed when planning to install a nail or glue down hardwood floor.
Laying plywood over particleboard.
Alton no need to comment.
Replacing the subfloors can be a.
I have the same issue particle board throughout the house.
Last year we installed solid oak hardwood floor in our main bedroom and family room.
Particle board can absorb excessive moisture is very brittle and does not hold nails very well.
Hardwood flooring that is fastened by any method whether it be mechanical fasteners or glue should not go over particle board.
That option is floating a floor over top of the subfloor.
If your home has particleboard subfloors instead of plywood subfloors you may want the added durability plywood has to offer.
How to install wood flooring over particle board.
To our dismay when we ripped up the old carpet we found that the whole subfloor was covered with particle board.
Trust me i tried to find someone who would tell me differently.
I want hardwood floors so have to pull the particle board up and lay plywood sub flooring.
Use as underlayment for resilient flooring to provide a suitable and durable installation surface for finished flooring products.
When particle board is used on top of sub flooring as an underlayment it provides a thick solid base that is useful under carpeting linoleum or vinyl flooring.
Are you certain you have 3 4 particle board.
But don t worry engineered hardwood floors are great for several reasons.
One last pro of particle board is that i t can also raise the level of the floor to the correct height for transitions between flooring materials.
Any professional flooring company is going to say the same thing.
That is a strange material to sit atop 1 2 ply.