hank wrote:
pictures to illustrate: http://silvercrayon.com/floor/
I am planning to install a new 3/4" thick hardwood strip
(unfinished) floor in my living room. (the old school kind) and i
have a couple of questions.
The house is in baltimore and was built in 1921. a fairly typical
13 foot wide baltimore rowhouse (that's baltimoreese for cheap
townhouse)
There is no true subfloor, there is an existing tounge and groove 2
3/4" hardwood strip floor nailed directly to the joists and joist
extenders. this floor is a little thicker than 3/4" and has been
carpeted most of the time. the floor has been carpeted for 50 years
i imagine.
Anyway, I pulled up the carpet and pad, and replaced the rotten and
deteriorated sections with shimmed up 3/4 ply nailed to the joists.
The floor is uneven by 1/8" variance i would say (slight buckleing,
wear, slight sag and old radiator holes) and also what appears to
be tile grout or some kind of honeycomb patterned adhesive gunk on
some strips (old bath location). these appear to have been sanded
down enough so that 1/8 inch or so above the surface is the most
uneveness.
is this an acceptable "subfloor" for what i am doing?
Dunno but to me 1/8 is a lot depending on how much distance...1/8 over all?
1/8 in one foot? Easy answer is that anything that precludes laying the new
floor flat with each board flush to its neighbors needs to be fixed.
Then there is the direction of the boards...planning on laying the new ones
parallel to old? Can't say for sure but I don't believe that would be a
good idea. Neither would be laying them perpendicular to the old (parallel
to joists).
Seems to me that you need a new, proper subfloor.
the flooring will be installed by a floor installer, not a full-
blown contractor.
IOW, he puts what you tell him where and how you tell him to put it and has
no other responsibility.
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dadiOH
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