How to Finish Luan
When laying lauan board underlayment, you need to first make sure the existing subfloor is securely attached to the floor joists. To do this means driving 3 inch or 4 inch deck screws every 6 inches through the subfloor into the connecting joits. Once this has been completed the underlayment will have to be screwed down, do not nail it into in a grid pattern, just uses nails all over the face of the underlayment, with screws placed every 6 inches or 8 inches apart.
An Alternative to Lauan Board Flooring
Another material that you can use as an alternative to lauan boarding would be any of the backerboards that are available. In the past people have laid linoleum onto cement board in a bathroom, and even though the tiles were self-stick when first primed the board and then applied a thinset linoleum adhesive, and laid the tiles adhesive side into the adhesive on the floor.
Problems to Look out for with Lauan BoardWhen laying lauan board underlayment, you need to first make sure the existing subfloor is securely attached to the floor joists. To do this means driving 3 inch or 4 inch deck screws every 6 inches through the subfloor into the connecting joits. Once this has been completed the underlayment will have to be screwed down, do not nail it into in a grid pattern, just uses nails all over the face of the underlayment, with screws placed every 6 inches or 8 inches apart.
An Alternative to Lauan Board Flooring
Another material that you can use as an alternative to lauan boarding would be any of the backerboards that are available. In the past people have laid linoleum onto cement board in a bathroom, and even though the tiles were self-stick when first primed the board and then applied a thinset linoleum adhesive, and laid the tiles adhesive side into the adhesive on the floor.
You can expect problems if you use luan plywood as an underlayment. If you have to use plywood as an underlayment use no less than 1/2" exterior plywood and laminate the plywood to the subfloor with waterproof wood glue and a few pounds of deck screw
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