Adding To Subfloor For Engineered Hardwood. Solid strip or plank can be laid directly over a sleeper system but engineered wood flooring less than 3 4 inch thick or solid plank wider than 4 inches requires a wood subfloor over the sleepers. Engineered wood also can be used on above or below grade. It is the responsibility of the flooring installer to assess and address substrate flatness before.
Wood floors may be installed over subfloors that are out of level such as a ramp but should still fall within floor flatness tolerances. It is the responsibility of the flooring installer to assess and address substrate flatness before.
It is the responsibility of the flooring installer to assess and address substrate flatness before.
If there is any deflection in the subfloor when walked on it would be advisable to add an additional layer of 3 8 or 1 2 thick plywood underlayment glued and screwed down. If there is any deflection in the subfloor when walked on it would be advisable to add an additional layer of 3 8 or 1 2 thick plywood underlayment glued and screwed down. Flush transition moldings are commonly used to complement nailed down or glued down wood floors. And free of dirt paint drywall patch and other contaminates.
