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Installing Floating Subfloors - Underlayment for Laminate or Hardwood Flooring

Floating floors. Particleboard has no holding power for fasteners. Other wood floors may be installed if the particleboard is ripped out, but if the original subfloor is not thick enough, at least a 1/2-inch layer of plywood or 3/4-inch OSB must be added once the particleboard is removed. The other option is to install a layer of plywood or OSB over the top of the particleboard (although that may create unacceptable height differences with the adjoining rooms; always check). Read More Installation Guide for Luan Wood Using Luan Plywood as Flooring Using Ceramic or Carpet Over Luan Wood Removing Luan Plywood - Instructions Using Luan Subfloor For Laminate Using Staples to Install Luan Subfloor How to Install Luan Wood on Curved Surfaces 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