Hardware Floor Surface Preparation

[Tim Bacon]

I would like to put hardwood flooring down in my kitchen. Wife wants sold oak planks to match the other rooms. Seems straight forward enough but I am not sure if I need to do something to the exisintg floor first before I put the hardwood floor down. The floor is plywood with glued on vinyl tiles. I put 1/4 plywood on top of the tiles and put new vinyl tiles down. Can I just go overtop of the whole mess? Or do I need to pull it all up (This would be very hard considering I screwed down the 1/4 inch plywood!)? Thanks for any recommendations.

[Joe Bobst]

Since you don't work to a very high standard, go ahead and do it the easy way. Don't expect the new floor to be very durable, though, since the substrate is not very rigid. At least it should be very quiet. HTH

Joe

[William Brown]

Are you going to build stairs or a ramp to get up into the kitchen?

Seriously, you should get rid of all the old flooring and make sure you have a very solid subflooring.

As to oak, I recall that when they built homes with wood floor> I would like to put hardwood flooring down in my kitchen. Wife wants sold