Diy installation this is definitely a great diy project.
Finished plywood plank flooring.
Look at the given solid hardwood flooring done with plywood planks beautiful packed spaced and glued together.
Engineered hardwood flooring which is made from a thin layer of solid hardwood bonded to a core of plywood or particleboard is the leading rival to prefinished solid hardwood.
It has several things going for it including ease of installation it can be glued down and lower prices.
As you d expect diy rustic wide plank plywood flooring takes much longer to finish than just installing pre made planks.
Our plywood pretty week is coming to a close and there s one topic we haven t covered yet.
This project was the truest sense of diy.
While we love our hardwood floors we know that not every diyer has the budget and if we re keeping it real not every project is worth the splurge for higher end flooring we ve talked about and heard from our readers over on facebook about plywood plank flooring too.
There are two basic ways to go.
Plywood also comes with increased stability.
Pros and cons of plywood flooring.
Additionally the main floor of my house has infloor heating and that may be a problem for a traditional hardwood floor due to expansion and contraction.
Laminate can be pretty but the plywood floor we installed is every bit as pretty.
A softwood like pine may work better but is double the cost of the plywood without any real advantages other than to say.
Everything from cutting the plywood into wide plank boards to sanding staining finishing and installing the plywood planks down all of it diy.
A plywood floor is more work to install than laminate but it will last much longer too especially if you buy the cheaper laminates in the price ranges you are talking about.
Plywood is a better option than laminate or hardwood flooring.
We will point you towards some of the best plywood installation blog posts and videos but all you really need is the ability to get your plywood sheets cut into planks and correctly laid out on your sub floor.
Hence it can be the best alternative to hardwood flooring too.