T G Floor Over Sleepers

Headroom especially in a basement may be at a premium.

T g floor over sleepers. Keep in mind that installing engineered flooring over existing flooring will raise the level of the floor between 3 8 and 5 8. 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. Cure the moisture problem before you install the floor. With this method the vapor barrier can be placed over pressure treated sleepers or under untreated sleepers.

Sleepers over rubber pads for dance floors or sports floors. A direct glue down most common if concrete is sealed and floor is well made with water resistant backer and quality glues will dry out fine if dried out relatively quickly. Before installing the floor loosely lay an additional vapor retarder of 4 to 6 mil polyethylene film over the sleepers overlapping the edges on top of the 2 x 4s. In other words get your subfloor right before worrying about your ceramic tile hardwood or laminate.

It s not just what you see on the surface that determines whether your floor will stand the test of time. D plywood over sleepers for plank or shorts. This may result in the need to cut off the bottom of a door if. Nail the finished flooring to the sleepers through the film.

Properties of plywood a plywood subfloor consists of. Wood flooring panels over sleepers. I like this idea of 5 8 t g over ep and since i don t really need insulation there is already 2 styrofoam under the concrete i wonder if just using something like 1 4 ep under the plywood wouldn t be enough to eliminate the need for sleepers. Here in chicago basement floors are always concrete and so will ours be.

Here the sleepers must be attached to the concrete slab with. Plywood fastened to the sleepers. 2x4 sleepers installed on center every 12 16 inches and fastened down with rigid foam insulation 1 1 2 inch thick placed between the sleepers. If any of the lower blocks are unsteady the final block won t be secure.

Sleeper screed system common over radiant heat this system has 2 by 4s spaced 12 inches apart. You should think of your floor as a set of building blocks.