I've purchased the Harmonics hardwood floor system from Costco for my master bedroom. It is the same as
Any other advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
John
I've purchased the Harmonics hardwood floor system from Costco for my master bedroom. It is the same as
Any other advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
John
Any particular reason you're laying a particle board underlayerment with a laminate floor? Seems like a huge amount of extra work. Just use the plastic underlayerment sold for this use (after fixing your squeeks and such).
Drywall screws don't have a huge amount of strength -- deck screws work a lot better for flooring work.
I was planning to use the particle board to provide a level surface and didn't want to mess with leveling compound. The instructions
Thanks for the response.
The underfloor membrane that uniclic sells is plenty for leveling any "normal" subfloor. Anything over 2mm needs to be knocked down / sanded off, and larger holes filled with leveling compound. Sweep and vacuum thoroughly, too. Pretty much what you'd have to do before laying particleboard, anyhow -- you can't just slap that stuff down over a torn up subfloor and expect the edges to line up.
Laminate floors don't telegraph like vinyl, and don't require quite as solid surface as tile. Very forgiving stuff.
I used a 3/8" plywood underlayment attached to the kitchen subfloor with #6 X 1-1/4 inch drywall screws, they were easy to countersink too. Ceramic tiles over that. It was 11 years ago and not one problem at all with even one tile.
Anybody have recommendations on what leveling compound to use? It seems most require a 1/2" drill to mix. Are there any good products that are premixed and are intended to go down on plywood subflooring? If so, have you seen them at Lowes or Home Depot? Thanks.
I'll have to dig out the can I've used on the last couple of jobs. It was just some premixed stuff off the shelf at Home Despot, 'tho. Hopefully someone with a better memory than mine will chime in the meantime.
Doesn't have to be anything fancy, 'tho -- you're just trying to minimize the amount of bridging the laminate has to do.
OK, what I've used in the past is "Jasco Floor Patch and Level". Picked it up at either Home Despot or Lowes. Good stuff for the usual floor divots.
I ended up purchasing SpeedFinish
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