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Default kitchen floor cement board question

On Mar 6, 3:37*am, Mikepier wrote:
The contractor insist that a plywood layer is not suitable for my
case. He said when he does new constructions he uses 3/4" plywood
because the sub-floor is not as strong as older homes so the plywood
is needed for structural needs. The wood subfloor you see in the
pictures are pretty thick and these types of homes don't need a layer
of plywood (mine was built in 1960). On the adjacent rooms where there


How thick is the subfloor in your picture? Most subfloors are 3/4".
Hardwood flooring is usually put right on top of the subfloor, there
is no plywood underneath.


It looks like 2x6 cardeck which would be very solid 1/4 inch hardy
right over the top.