Vinyl composition tile can be installed over most
subfloors with glue.
We just went through renovating a cigarette smoker cat spray house (an inherited tenant) and after 3 full scrubbings with TSP, soaking slab and subfloors in vinegar several times over several weeks, then painting
subfloors with Kilz, duct cleaning, etc., it finally seems to be resolved.
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
After that step, I would install
a subfloor with textured plastic underneath to prevent against a minor water intrusion and go with whatever flooring you want.
«Remove smells from
the subfloor with a combination of vinegar and water, let set, rinse, and repeat,» Wallace - Laabs says.
You can frame and fasten your walls on top of
the subfloor with ease, which maintains a thermal break and air gap between the concrete and top layers of flooring.
You can staple, nail * or glue an engineered floor directly to an appropriate subfloor, or the floor can be «floated» over
the subfloor with the use of underlayment and a vapor barrier.
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.
Not exact matches
My husband keeps threatening to rip up our old carpet and leave the
subfloor until we can afford new carpet, which I would be ok
with, except it's pretty much the WHOLE house.
The battery is located in a dust - and water - proof encasement positioned beneath the passenger compartment
subfloor and between the front and rear axles (
with no intrusion into the passenger compartment whatsoever).
Years two through ten provide you
with protection that guarantees against any latent defects in the roof, walls,
subfloor structure or chassis that diminish the structural integrity and load bearing performance of your home.
Four dogs were chained outside without adequate food, water, or shelter and approximately 18 were inside the house that had extremely poor air quality due to high ammonia levels; the floor was plywood
subflooring soaked
with urine, causing dangerously high ammonia levels irritating to the eyes, nose, and throat.
Some households
with declawed cats have spent thousands of dollars replacing drywall, carpets, and
subfloors to repair urine damage.
The building was constructed from a factory - built timber frame system insulated
with polyurethane,
with a Quinn Lite
subfloor, while the ground floor features 250 mm of Kingspan TF70 insulation under the concrete screed
With version 2, the alum spreader plate would be between the «sleeper» and «
subfloor».
We also had the crossmembers of the frame flush
with the deck so we can use the trailer as our
subfloor I'm order to save a addition 3.5 ″ overall in height.
We have to build the system upside down to install the TTD sheathing, then flip it over, to insulate the floor system
with the Ultra Soft Touch (cotton — shredded blue jeans), then install the vapor barrier and the plywood
subfloor.
Install a real duct across the
subfloor, and then protect it
with something like the OSB you see below.
After all, «if you have a minor leak under the dishwasher, that water leaks into the
subfloor and you can't see it,» says Daniel Cipriani
with Kade Homes & Renovations in the Atlanta area.
In 18 - months the damage will be somewhat limited and -LCB- hopefully -RCB- will not have had the opportunity to permeate the
subfloor and structure -LCB- though that is a possibility -RCB-- you may just get away
with a lots of cleaning and replacing finish flooring (like carpets).
We were tempted to glue down vinyl plank (we had luck
with pressure sensitive glue in another rental), but it seems like that will require us to add a
subfloor.
I'm talking about dropping floating laminates over rotted
subfloors, repairing broken / rotted water lines
with sink / toilet compression hoses, glue - on tub surrounds over broken / rotted / molded drywall, etc..
They covered the whole room
with 4 sheets of birch plywood, cut into strips and nailed down to the existing
subfloor!
Now I've got ripped up trim around the door, a big carpetless patch
with exposed
subfloor, and chewed up blinds that hang crooked.
You could start
with the scarred up hard wood floors if you choose to redo the living room, master bedroom or empty nest room that we would love to convert to guest room / library / work out room or perhaps you'd be interested in making the
subflooring in the dining room look amazing
with a cheap but inspired DIY magic redo or maybe my collection of antique mantels will inspire you to do what has never been done before in home design... who knows?
Depending on how thick the base is (I'm guessing it's thick concrete, based on what you said, it might be worth putting down new
subfloor and retiling, maybe
with a gray and white basketweave).
Ours emptied into the entire cabinet underside, and we ended up
with mold from the condensation on our
subfloor.
I just need something inexpensive for a floor redo in a boys bedroom (
with OSB
subflooring).
We were overzealous and ripped out most of our flooring not too long after we moved in so we were living
with dirty
subfloors for way too long, but it has made us appreciate our new floors all that much more!
We were going to sand and paint the
subfloor, but then we decided to cover it
with Rustoleum's Restore.
I ripped out the carpet and have been living
with the
subfloor all this time.
I ended up painting my
subfloor a putty grey and had the millworkers design my kitchen
with an extra-high kick — which allowed me the room to install the stone floor later.
With the right professionals and a flat
subfloor these can be successfully refinished at least two or three times.
The brick is heavy and if your structure and
subfloor has any flex or bounce you will have problems
with cracking and settling.
I have been living
with subfloor only in my bath for 3 years!
I JUST ripped out all the tile on my bathroom floor along
with the toilet and
subflooring; i wanted new tile and a new toilet so bad that I just ripped it out to help
with the convincing;)
We are confident that you will be amazed
with the results - a clean and prepared
subfloor ready for your new flooring.
A hardwood flooring adhesive is spread
with a trowel to adhere your hardwood to the
subfloor.
Instead, laminate flooring installations use a click - lock method that «floats» above a
subfloor, allowing it to expand and contract
with the temperature and humidity changes in your home.
Rigid core is the latest click locking floating floor, which is an ideal alternative to laminate and engineered hardwood click floors as it offers the same benefits of realistic wood look designs and hiding
subfloor imperfections, but
with the durability and waterproof qualities of luxury vinyl.
Rip out old carpet, install new
subfloor on the entrance landing (I lamely attempted ripping up the carpet myself, but decided I would leave that job to someone
with more muscle!)