Anyone here has any experience with plywood flooring?
I am considering this as an inexpensive alternative to other flooring. Almost all (bathrooms can wait a bit) all of the flooring for 1400 sq ft home needs replacing. Currently it is 70% carpet, 20% sheet vinyl and 10% vinyl squares.
Carpet is 20 years old, worn and coming apart at all the seams. Twenty year old sheet vinyl isn't as bad; one major hole in washroom and two small ones in bathrooms; mostly it's all discoloring. Vinyl tiles are press-n-stick to OSB and are shifting badly. My hunch is the texture of the OSB isn't right for those kind of tiles.
I'm trying to ascertain how well plywood will hold up, if properly treated, and how difficult is it to put down. I've seen some wild patterns but I plan to stick to a simple design, maybe a fancier edge or something depending on cost and labor (if I do this myself).
Would standard wood flooring treatments be enough on plywood? Or are there better, less expensive options. I don't want a 'cheap' floor, or cheap looking. I can't afford right now to shell out 6-7k or more (price quotes) for vinyl planks, even though I do like the look and quality of those.
Yes I have been searching for other options. Yes I have checked pricing everywhere I could find within a reasonable distance. I really would prefer to do this all as one floor and keep the cost down, especially if I end up having to pay for labor. Thoughts?
`Casper