Putting Solid Floor Over Decking
If you love solid wood floors and your home rests on a concrete slab you re not out of luck.
Putting solid floor over decking. Wood floor over concrete than over a wood subfloor. But it s considerably more difficult to install a 3 4 in. One important reason to avoid doing this is that the deck foundation may not be able to handle the extra weight. With a carpet you ll want to lay plywood subflooring panels on top of the existing decking boards to rid the floor of the decking gaps that would leave your carpet uneven.
This flooring can be installed over old wood flooring or over a plywood sub floor. Opt for glue down carpeting or wrap and tack the edges of the carpet around the ends of the deck for quick removal later. Plywood to the concrete. Installing plywood over the subfloor or using sleepers which are two by fours laid flat across the floor and used as nailers.
Depending on the size of your deck you could save two or three days work by installing new decking boards directly over the old ones. If you re dead set on keeping the original direction a minimum 3 8 plywood sub floor should be installed over the older floor. Newly fastened floors over existing wood floors should be installed opposite example photo right or at a 45 degree angle to the original direction. Lay a plastic moisture barrier and then screw 3 4 in.
The hardwood flooring must be installed crossing the subfloor boards 90 degree angle. Virtually any do it yourself deck flooring can be installed over hardwood. If you are working atop a single plywood layer we recommend adding a second layer of 1 4 to 1 2 inch plywood or commercial floor substrate material. Not only that but you can actually protect your deck from further damage.
Wood planks to the plywood. Another reason is that the new decking raises the floor level by an inch and a half which. Can i install new hardwood over a floating floor. The national wood flooring association recommends two alternative installation methods.
For manufactured products installations over old decking or solid surfaces are prohibited and will likely void the warranty. Before you move forward with installing outdoor tile over a wood deck however you need to. Engineered solid wood or floating wood flooring that are less than 1 2 thick can be installed over a wood plank subfloor as long as the 3 4 plank subfloor is flat. If placed on top of other decking there will be little drying potential beneath the new decking and more rapid decay of both the new and old can be expected.