When installing vinyl plank flooring over existing floor materials underlayment may not be required but it can help with cushioning and sound reduction.
Can you use wood planks for flooring.
This is because there is a high possibility of steam to penetrate through the material thus causing damage.
Most flooring is sold prefinished.
Ideally i would tear out the existing finish flooring screw down the existing plank subfloor where loose repair the plank subfloor where needed and then lay my new flooring engineered hardwood right over the existing plank subfloor.
Most plank forms of luxury vinyl seek to mimic hardwood flooring and they do this quite effectively.
It safe to use on vinyl plank flooring it safe to use on laminate flooring it safe to use on engineered hardwood flooring and also great on bamboo floors.
I want hard wood floors but i don t want manufactured wood floors that s to perfect.
Before you take water to your floors make sure you have removed as much dust and debris as you can with a dry microfiber mop or vacuum cleaner.
You can use a microfiber mop or swifter.
Carlisle sells new wide plank flooring in lengths as long as 14 feet.
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It may be that you have solid wood flooring already in place or it could be engineered wood flooring.
In this article we will discuss how you can go about using pallet wood for flooring in an easy actionable way.
For wood subfloor a moisture barrier is unnecessary but underlayment can provide cushion.
They offer wide planks as new solid wood engineered wood and reclaimed wood.
If this is the case the ideal way is to recover a plank of the existing flooring from the room and send it to or take it to your flooring supplier to find out exactly the detail of the flooring.
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Can i just put regular 12 inch wide planks down and buy those old square nails.
I live in the country and i want the wide wooden planks.
The extreme heat from the steam mop can forcibly bend the planks and wrap along edges.
If water seeps in between planks it could curl the tile loosen glue or cause mold in the subfloor.
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Flooring companies offering wide planks usually specialize either in reclaimed wood or they are dedicated to newly manufactured planks.
Considering that the pallet industry consumes around 4 5 billion feet of hardwood annually which is often made from expensive wood such as teak hickory etc this is a lot of potentially valuable planks going to waste.
As with laminate flooring you want to minimize the amount of water you use on vinyl plank.
At a casual glance vinyl planks can look quite similar to natural wood it can be a better illusion than what is offered by laminate flooring.
It is therefore a bad idea for you to use a steam mop to clean the vinyl.