Floating Wood Floor Over Particle Board

That option is floating a floor over top of the subfloor.

Floating wood floor over particle board. If you do your sub flooring will buckle up within 6 months to a year. Which appears to be over top the original hardwood floor. Use a thick piece of plywood to help shore up your particle board subfloor at least 3 4 inch thick. But the additional height of both the particle board and the new flooring may pose a problem with doors and appliances.

The reason floating installations work and are the best suited for installation over a particleboard sub floor is because a floating floor is not secured to the sub floor in any area. To our dismay when we ripped up the old carpet we found that the whole subfloor was covered with particle board. Hardwood flooring that is fastened by any method whether it be mechanical fasteners or glue should not go over particle board. Last year we installed solid oak hardwood floor in our main bedroom and family room.

Two years ago we purchased a country home which was built in 1945 i have just removed the carpet from the living room dining room and hallway. I don t recommend installing floating or wood flooring over 3 4 paticle board flooring. 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. Plain and simple answer is no.

Using a standard nail gun to install the floor was out of the question particle board isn t structurally sound enough to bite nails. If desired particle board underlayment can be left in place if a floating engineered wood floor or a floating laminate floor system is going to be installed over it. Frequently asked questions about. I have seen 15 to 20 people that have done that and everyone of the so called sub floor s have buckled to the point of having to do it all over again.

When thinking about installing wood flooring in a situation where the only subfloor is particle board you really only have one option. I have discovered some left over tile glued to particle board. If you have particleboard as your subfloor or. Although adhesive companies state it can work use caution against gluing down any hardwood engineered or solids over particle masonite wafer or osb board.

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. Hardwood should not be applied to particle board. Once you have insured the particle is in good condition you are able to install any floating type flooring engineered hardwood strand woven bamboo or eucalyptus laminate or cork over the particle board.