The thickness of floor finishes which vary from 1 8 inch 3 mm or less for resilient flooring to 3 inches 76 mm or more for brick flooring.
Finish floor thickness.
But combined with other methods that measure the finish floor you can get a fairly accurate reading of total floor thickness.
Flooring thickness speaks to what is flooring thickness.
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If you have an older subfloor constructed of multiple slats rather than large sheets of plywood you can insert your straight edge between the slats.
Standard floor thickness however is substantial in order to provide the strength necessary for bearing the weight of the walls the ceiling and the roof.
Allow another 1 to 2 inches for the combined thickness of the finish materials on the ceiling usually drywall and the floor such as carpet and pad hardwood or vinyl and underlayment.
Just as laminate flooring the thicker the floor the sturdier it is but this is not the main factor in determining durability.
Basement floor thickness can be a problem if the concrete is too thin.
When choosing a vinyl flooring thickness there are a few things to consider.
Usually when i m about to rough in my pipes i have no clue as to what the true finished floor thickness would be.
I usually leave 1 extra.
This method only measures subfloor thickness.
This has been an issue for me.
For example if you happen to move into an old house where the basement floor was an afterthought they may have poured the concrete too thin.