Plywood Vs Plank Under Carpet

The floor joists run lengthwise to the room and we want to install a floating laminate floor.

Plywood vs plank under carpet. After a ton of research online i decided to try plywood plank flooring which is an economical solution that looks pretty nice too. Our plywood pretty week is coming to a close and there s one topic we haven t covered yet. Seams are butted and the material is installed with a staple gun and one staple every two to three square foot. Vinyl planks require hard thin underlay because the product itself is softer.

I understand that i should install a plywood layer over the original lay in order to enable the planks to be installed lengthwise. The padding is easy to cut and trim around obstacles with scissors or a carpet knife. Osb oriented strand board. 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.

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. Firstly i think you mean differance between ply and hardboard not hardwood hardboard is much cheaper but is more flexible and a softer material. The sheets are generally 4 x 8 or 4 x 12 feet in size. Coming in at under 1 per sq ft it was a crazy cheap solution that had the potential to look awesome.

While we love our hardwood floors we know that not every diyer has the budget and if we re keeping it real not every project is worth the splurge for higher end flooring we ve talked about and heard from our readers over on facebook about plywood plank flooring too. The untold story i just got off the phone with peloton sales. I ve seen it done a lot of different ways and in many different finishes and figured it would be worth a shot. Putting a soft product under vinyl plank will result in an unstable floor that is much more inclined to being damaged and even punctured or torn over time.

Thanks for the info. Plywood underlayment is a thin plywood material that is most commonly used under resilient flooring materials such as vinyl and linoleum sheets and tiles. I have a second story floor that was carpet over plywood subfloor. 0 55 to 1 10 per square foot depending on the thickness and quality.