How To Lay Timber Floor Underlay

Installing solid wood flooring onto concrete.

How to lay timber floor underlay.

If you have a vinyl floor you may be able to install your flooring directly on top of it. Measure a 2 by 4 foot section of plywood from the end of a full sheet of plywood with a tape measure then cut the piece with a circular saw. Continue this process around the room until the floor is covered with only a small gap between the walls and the underlayment. If you have knee pads now is a good time to put them on as you ll be kneeling down a lot.

Determine how much flooring and materials will be needed. If using self adhesive underlay peel off a small piece of plastic from the top of the underlay. First lay down the underlay. Plywood underlayment is a thin plywood material that is most commonly used under resilient flooring materials such as vinyl and linoleum sheets and tiles.

We don t recommend installing over chipboard and instead would suggest a floating floor such as engineered wood flooring or laminate flooring. Solid wood can be installed onto 2 sub floor types. Some products use double sided carpet tape to attach the pieces. Add about 10 to that number to account for any possible mistakes and warped boards.

Position this piece into the corner of the room to fill. How to lay solid wood flooring installation methods. This is not the final position of the row so cut off the felt with a utility. Set the roll on the floor at the end of the wall then roll it across the floor to unwind enough felt to make one row.

It can also be used under hardwood laminate and carpet but this is much less common these days because subflooring is typically smooth enough for these materials many of which are installed with a different type of underlayment or pad. Installing underlayment on concrete is a bit different than a wood sub floor because obviously you can t tack it in. Run it at a 90 degree angle to the floorboards to help make them stable. Cut the underlay with scissors to fill the room.

Multiply length times width of the room.