I pulled up all the carpet and found 3 4 particle board over 1 2 plywood board subfloor underneath the carpet.
How yinstall vinyl sheet flooring over particle board.
Been living with throw rugs on particle board since.
The reason floating installations work and are the.
It is particle board and not osb.
In most cases 4 by 8 foot sheets of particle board or plywood must be installed in preparation for the vinyl floor install.
The sub floor should be even and there should not be any major cracks or deterioration.
The steps to install the vinyl plank flooring over particle board are as follows.
Get up any dust or debris no matter how small.
The particle board does not run under the walls.
The home sits on perimeter concrete.
Before vinyl can be installed it is important that the particleboard must be completely smooth.
Vinyl plank flooring is very thin and smooth so the subfloor should be even and smooth otherwise it will show the bump or divot in a less even surface.
Carefully align the next row to be square against the previous row.
The home is about 35 years old.
Roll it on with a paint roller and make sure you cover all areas.
Seal the particleboard well with a shellac sealer.
When particle board is used on top of sub flooring as an underlayment it provides a thick solid base that is useful under carpeting linoleum or vinyl flooring.
Vinyl flooring is usually not installed directly over the subfloor in residential applications.
Vacuum the particleboard well.
Most flooring vinyl flooring manufacturers do not allow direct glue down directly to the subfloor.
The particleboard must be completely.
Begin the process by vacuuming the particle board to remove all the dust and debris even the small ones.
For tiles needing adhesive spread a thin layer of floor adhesive on the back of the vinyl tile and stick it down onto the underlayment.
Once you have insured the particle is in good condition you are able to install any floating type flooring engineered hardwood strand woven bamboo or eucalyptus laminate or cork over the particle board.
Pull the backing off the self sticking vinyl tiles and lay them one by one in a long row.
I ripped up the awful mauve carpeting in the open living room dining room last winter intending to install another kind of flooring but ran into a delay.
Installing a glue down vinyl floor sheet or tile directly over oriented strand board osb subflooring has become a hot topic for me of lately i have had people asking about installing sheet lvt and vct directly to the osb subfloor without the use of an underlayment.
However the pros basically stop there.
Lay out the.
One last pro of particle board is that it can also raise the level of the floor to the correct height for transitions between flooring materials.
One of the big considerations when installing different types of flooring in the home is getting the finished elevations to match.
I have a 15 year old manufactured home with a particle board that is the term right subfloor.
