Actual wearing layer of solid wood floor is normally 5 16 or approximately 8 millimeters what makes the hardwood suitable for a few times refinishing.
Typical hardwood floor thickness.
Tile decorative flooring requires grout which requires solid support from below to prevent cracking.
Keep in mind that for mechanically fastened floors osb doesn t hold fasteners as well as plywood so you need to use a thicker material to get the same holding power.
Two sheets of 3 4 inch exterior grade plywood is the minimum accepted thickness for natural stone installations and if the stone is particularly heavy you may need to use floor joists that are 12 inches on center rather than the traditional 16.
The reason for this is that boards of this thickness will allow the heat to pass into the room more efficiently than a thicker board.
Floor subfloor thickness hardwood flooring.
We are looking at a nail down product.
An engineered wood floor which is being fitted over under floor heating is normally recommended to be a maximum of 15mm thick.
Allow another 1 to 2 inches for the combined thickness of the finish materials on the ceiling usually drywall and the floor such as carpet and pad hardwood or vinyl and underlayment.
What size plywood do i use for a subfloor.
Floor joists are made from 2 by 8 inch or 2 by 10 inch lumber or from engineered quiet beams which are made from a thin.
For hardwood finish flooring which average about 3 8 inch to 3 4 inch in thickness 1 2 inch to.
We are installing hardwood floors in our home.
Is there a disadvantage to going with a 3 8 inch thick product vs a 3 4 inch.
1 2 inch 12 7 mm 5 8 inch 15 88 mm.
When we think of a solid hardwood flooring we generally think of the standard strip red oak wood flooring that is 3 4 thick by 2 1 4 wide but solid hardwood flooring is also available in various sizes from 3 to 6 or more inches wide called plank floors.
Usually manufactured in 4 by 8 foot sheets plywood panels and osb are acceptable subfloors for hardwood flooring as long as they are the proper thickness.