Using adhesive in panel grooves also helps lessen floor movement.
Can hardwood flooring be installed on osbcan hardwood floors be installed on osb. I had thought you had to have plywood. The national wood flooring association as i understand it has approved osb as a surface which can be nailed to. Chipwood should never be used as the subflooring for hardwood floors.
When 1/4 inch plywood is put over any floor it is either done to bridge over and. I think it partly would depend on how thick the osb is. However, chipwood is not as strong as osb.
Yes, you can put hardwood over particle board, but this should be avoided if at all possible. The worst problems are with floors that are installed over wet subfloors. We're installing reclaimed oak t&g (3/4) in our loft upstairs, which has 3/4 osb subfloor over engineered joists.
Be absolutely sure that the osb is dried in enough to. The main issue with hardwood floors is. Viewfloor 2 months ago no comments.
It will be ok to. Hardwood floors need a strong subfloor that can easily hold nails, but should also have a. How to install hardwood floor over how to install.
As a general rule, provided the laminate flooring is clean, dry and structural sound you can install hardwood over laminate flooring. Hardwood floors will not stabilize the osb subfloor, so any movement must be remedied prior to hardwood installation. The national wood flooring association says that subfloor wood structural panels should be plywood or oriented strand board (osb) with a bond classification of exposure 1 or.