Osb Under Vinyl Plank

It was patented under the name waferboard in 1965 and it quickly claimed a major share of the new construction market being used extensively for sheathing roof decking and subfloors.

Osb under vinyl plank.

Putting a soft product under vinyl plank will result in an unstable floor that is much more inclined to being damaged and even punctured or torn over time. First there was plywood and then came oriented strand board osb a less pretty and less expensive but arguably more stable substitute. I am wondering if someone can recommend a product to put as a sublayer between the subfloor and the floating floor to even out these issues. Vinyl planks require hard thin underlay because the product itself is softer.

The vinyl planks are both thick and somewhat flexible. Tap the end plank in sideways. If you were installing sheet vinyl different story as that product requires perfect preparation and a dead smooth surface for long term use. Other osb negatives contractors builders and home remodelers have mixed opinions about the use of osb for flooring mostly tending toward the negative.

In other words a g1s underlayment. This is easy if the door opening falls on the same side as you started your rows. Tap the first plank under the jamb sometimes you ll have to cut around jambs while laying the planks perpendicular to a door opening. When he was done i noticed a few spots of unevenness that are bothering me.

While underlayment for vinyl planks may be used under hardwood and laminate the reverse is not true. Most flooring vinyl flooring manufacturers do not allow direct glue down directly to the subfloor. I have had no problems whatsoever with vinyl planks directly on dricore which is a smooth version of osb. I had stainmaster vinyl floating planks installed but the guy i had do it put the floor right over osb.

Simply mark and cut the first plank to size and tap it under the jamb with a tapping block. Installing a glue down vinyl floor sheet or tile directly over oriented strand board osb subflooring has become a hot topic for me of lately i have had people asking about installing sheet lvt and vct directly to the osb subfloor without the use of an underlayment.