I am going to be putting 6″ syp t&g on a not so wonderful subfloor. I want to glue and nail the flooring, but I also want to use felt paper. If you glue to the paper then that’s all youv’e done.opinions?……………………..RTC
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Subfloor adhesive all-the-way under every tongue - no paper.
Why do you want to glue the finish flooring? What happens when you have to replace a piece because you gouged it with the refrigerator?
Keep the tar paper. Lose the glue.
Two roads converged in a yellow wood...
I've done it both ways, rosin (why tar?) paper first, but now adhesive exclusively. No squeaks.
When the fridge hits a piece, I replace it, adhesive and all, just like I would otherwise.
(I assume we are talking about 3/4 hardwood flooring, not laminate etc)
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Rosin paper eventually turns to dust, but it is a good choice too.Squeeks in hard wood floors don't bother me. I guess I just expect them. But I still don't glue the hardwood down. Let it move as it wants.
He is using SYP which is not a hard wood. That and the fact he is going with wider planks makes a good argument for gluedown. SYP can have a lot of movement. glue stabilizes that to some degreee.Six of one - half dozen of the other.
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only reason I think i'd use the felt paper is that you can layer it to fill voids pretty easy... and i'd use 15lb but have some 30lb around if you have anything close to 1/8" you want tp level out
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the original flooring is in decent condition but has evidence of past water damage. I think I'll glue down some advantech and then glue the flooring. We don't have much climate change in South Texas so expansion/contraction is not that much of an issue.Thanks for all the posts...................RTC
"What happens when you have to replace a piece because you gouged it with the refrigerator?"
Bryan,
Router it out.........
WSJ
Or get out the Fein Multimaster
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Router and dutchman, or plug was my first choice.But not my wife's....So now I'm looking for some salvage 3/4" by 2 1/2" T&G oak (mixed, red and white) with that old patina and tight grain patterns.I need no more than 12 boards. Help, anyone?
Is this new wood, or wood from a reclaimed source?
If the latter, would you divulge the source?
I've got 6" SYP T&G floors on rosin paper. It's select, so it doesn't move too much. The sub floor was flat, not there's not much movement up and down, either.
There's no amount or kind of glue that's going to stop yellow pine from seasonally moving widthwise, ever.
If you can't grind down the high spots on your subfloor, polyurethane construction adhesive may make a good shim to fill those low spots, and cushion the boards to keep the squeaking down.
I'd put a good squiggle under the whole board, but wouldn't glue the boards together, because you'll end up with cracks where you don't want them...and end up buying a Fein <G>.
It'll be labor intensive, and messy, to boot.
Grind and paper<G>
Good luck