Wood Sub Floors

Wood Sub Floor Videos


Filed Under Wood Sub Floor Videos

This is a compilation of a few videos from YouTube that feature wood sub floors. These videos show wood sub floors over floor joists as well as slabs and are informative as well as, sometimes, humorous. Take a few minutes to enjoy them. The longest is only about four minutes.

The first wood sub floor video is a humorous time-lapse video of a couple redoing the subfloor of a really small room. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if home remodeling projects could actually go so fast?

Next up we have a video showing the replacement of an old plank wood sub floor. This is a really Read more

Ceramic Tile and Wood Sub Floors


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There are special considerations that must be taken into account when installing ceramic tile on wood sub floors. If you take these issues seriously and deal with them before your installation, your ceramic tile floor will last for years but if you do not, it will almost certainly fail.

Even the most sturdy wood sub floors have a certain amount of springiness or give. This flexibility is not a problem with hardwood or carpet floor coverings but can cause Read more

Leveling Wood Sub Floors


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Often in old houses it is necessary to level the wood sub floors before installing replacement flooring, especially if that flooring is going to be ceramic tile or even hardwood. If your wood sub floor is not level it will cause the surface of the new flooring to be wavy or, in the case of ceramic tile, can cause it to crack and fail altogether.

Before you can begin leveling your wood sub floors you must remove the existing flooring so you can access the wood sub floor. If you are not already familiar with this process you should Read more

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