Plywood On Top Of Hardwood Carpet

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

Plywood on top of hardwood carpet.

Installing carpeting over a hardwood floor is not a difficult task but it does require some physical labor. Don t even try to put flooring on top of carpet. The key to a beautiful long lasting hardwood or laminate floor is a well prepared subfloor. Hardwood floor nowadays is manufactured as tongue and groove and quickly installed with a nail gun and standard 1 75 length nails.

Plywood floors are suitable for any room. I understand that i should install a plywood layer over the original lay in order to enable the planks to be installed lengthwise. I hope that helps. 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.

Do this by multiplying the room s length by its width. It stays in place under the weight of the laminate especially when you add furniture on top of that. There will be way to much flex and give even with plywood. Before you install your plywood subfloor first calculate the room s square footage to find out how much flooring you ll need to buy.

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. 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. Thanks for the info. 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.

Plywood underlayment is a thin plywood material that is most commonly used under resilient flooring materials such as vinyl and linoleum sheets and tiles. 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. We just lay it right on top of the carpet and then put the hardwood on top of that. Run the flat edge of a stair tool along.

Hardwood floor is 0 75 thick.