Diagonally
laid subflooring in a house designed by MC2 Architects for a family displaced by Hurricane Katrina provides lateral strength to protect the house from future hurricanes.
Not exact matches
Covered
subfloors with building paper to keep out moisture and
lay hardwood, parquet, or wood - strip - block floors by nailing floors to
subfloor or cementing them to mastic or asphalt base.
Cover
subfloor with building paper to keep out moisture, and
lay hardwood, parquet and wood - strip
If you are installing on a concrete slab that is level and in good shape less than if you have an old uneven
subfloor and have to
lay concrete board down first.
You might be able to pulll the hardwoods up,
lay down
subfloor, put down the leveling compound then reinstall the original hardwoods and refinish them.
Fitting is straightforward - work out your
laying plan, spread the adhesive on the
subfloor,
lay the first tile and away you go.
You could definitely
lay a wood
subfloor if that's the direction you choose.
Simply spread the adhesive on your
subfloor,
lay the first tile and away you go.
BUUUUUUT it was
laid improperly, the
subfloor damaged, and the grout was dang near destroyed.
On both floors we
laid the floors over a plywood
subfloor w / a paper underlayment.
Oh, and of course, there's the small matter of removing the old linoleum and then
laying and levelling the new
subfloor and then framing out and waterproofing our new shower.
This method of
laying a sturdy
subfloor on top of joists and then topping the
subfloor with a cosmetic - only flooring top creates a tighter, stronger structure.