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Beginner advice - subfloor
Hey! So the context is we bought a house from 1978. We are currently renting and can float for the next 3 months to keep the house empty for some renovations. We had some immediate necessary repairs done in the first few weeks. Now we've started some of our planned DIY before move in. Ultimate move in date would be about end of April. We removed the carpets that were in terrible shape and covered about 60-70% of the house (it wasn't in the kitchen, bathrooms, or entrance). What I discovered was that particle board is what makes up the first layer of subfloor (I think 3/4 inch on top of 1/4 inch plywood). We would like to one day have hardwood floors installed through the house in about all the same area as the carpet. My understanding is this cannot be done on particle board. We were debating whether, while we have the house empty, to pull up the particle boards we can access (Living room, hallway, two bedrooms - leaving the upstairs bedroom since we plan to install carpet back) and lay down OSB. There doesn't inherently seem to be anything wrong with the particle boards, besides some pet stains here or there, they feel sturdy. The idea is planning for the future. We would initially lay down cheap laminate first, with hardwood sometime in the future. We didn't want to do hardwood immediately because we'd like to do a kitchen reno first, then follow with hardwood sometime after that is completed. These are hopefully 5 year goals. I have access to borrow all necessary tools from a few people (friend's and family have offered), and I have a buddy who is skilled in labor like this who said he could help get me going. But he probably wouldn't be able to help consistently (he's also renovating a house he just bought) I only have a rough estimate of sqft but I think it's about half the house (750sqft) I just haven't measured yet. TLDR: How difficult is it realistically for 1-2 people to DIY OSB T&G Subfloor with no prior experience? (Trying to save some money by doing it myself - I'd most likely be doing it alone). submitted by /u/Wise-Ad2465 [link] [comments]
Hey! So the context is we bought a house from 1978. We are currently renting and can float for the next 3 months to keep the house empty for some renovations. We had some immediate necessary repairs done in the first few weeks. Now we've started some of our planned DIY before move in. Ultimate move in date would be about end of April.
We removed the carpets that were in terrible shape and covered about 60-70% of the house (it wasn't in the kitchen, bathrooms, or entrance). What I discovered was that particle board is what makes up the first layer of subfloor (I think 3/4 inch on top of 1/4 inch plywood). We would like to one day have hardwood floors installed through the house in about all the same area as the carpet. My understanding is this cannot be done on particle board.
We were debating whether, while we have the house empty, to pull up the particle boards we can access (Living room, hallway, two bedrooms - leaving the upstairs bedroom since we plan to install carpet back) and lay down OSB.
There doesn't inherently seem to be anything wrong with the particle boards, besides some pet stains here or there, they feel sturdy. The idea is planning for the future. We would initially lay down cheap laminate first, with hardwood sometime in the future. We didn't want to do hardwood immediately because we'd like to do a kitchen reno first, then follow with hardwood sometime after that is completed. These are hopefully 5 year goals.
I have access to borrow all necessary tools from a few people (friend's and family have offered), and I have a buddy who is skilled in labor like this who said he could help get me going. But he probably wouldn't be able to help consistently (he's also renovating a house he just bought)
I only have a rough estimate of sqft but I think it's about half the house (750sqft) I just haven't measured yet.
TLDR: How difficult is it realistically for 1-2 people to DIY OSB T&G Subfloor with no prior experience? (Trying to save some money by doing it myself - I'd most likely be doing it alone).
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