plywood flooring

[patndoug]

Still looking for an answer to covering a bitumen floor!! My daughter needs to cover 50sq metres of bumpy old bitumen. So far --- floating laminates -not too keen on the look; floorboards on batens ---- a possibility though it will raise the floor level quite a bit; Solid flooring ----- too expensive!!! We have noticed that much of the T&G engineered wood is attached to ply. Does anyone know if it is possible just to buy the ply without the real wood surface? We thought this might be a much cheaper option and she could stain and varnish it herself to finish. Is this a viable alternative? Pat

 

[mattysupra]

i dont know where you would get tongue and groove boarding at minimum thickness. Try having a look for something called 'jumpax' Its basically a floating floor like a laminate but you then install what ever floor covering on top of it ( vinyl, kandean, carpet etc ) Still will be cheaper to put a laminate down tho. Also there are limits to how un-even the subfloor can be with out the need for putting down a smoothing compound.

 

[patndoug]

Thankyou for great info, but the bumpiness is mainly due to some cracking and weight of furniture - - and would,I guess, need some form of leveller before,say, carpeting or lino. However, we've decided that a floating floor is the best option and I suppose what I'm really asking about is - can you get "click" plywood floor boards? It seems that lots of "real wood" flooring comes with a ply base - we just want the base without the expensive hardwood surface. Pat

 

[mattysupra]

yes you can but not cheap and will raise floor 22mm. Plus you cant float it. The boards are to wide. Have a look at the jumpax. Cheaper than the plywood and floating.