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Floor ply thickness

jdpl28 · 2007-04-23 11:50:45

Hey, I'm putting down engineered flooring down on a floor upstairs in my house. I'm removing the old floorboards cause some of them are rotten. The engineered boards are 14mm thick. Just wondering, I should probably put down ply first, and not just put the new floorboards directly on the joists? And what thickness should I…

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23-04-2007 12:50pm

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jdpl28

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Hey,

I'm putting down engineered flooring down on a floor upstairs in my house. I'm removing the old floorboards cause some of them are rotten. The engineered boards are 14mm thick. Just wondering, I should probably put down ply first, and not just put the new floorboards directly on the joists? And what thickness should I put down?

thanks,
J

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#2 23-04-2007 5:44pm
aaronm13

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Put down plywood first.Use ply the same thickness as the floor your taking out,usually 18mm.

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