Considering installing uponor joist trak…under the subfloor on first floor with full basement. Flooring will be 3/4 tg oak sand in place flooring over 3/4 fir ply subfloor. My concern is with the nailing/stapling of the hardwood damaging the Al fin and/or PEX.
Any suggestings for fastening the floor and or sequence of installation? Thanks.
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I would read the posts over at floormasters.com this a pro site and maybe some one will answer your question there. I would do the search carefully before I would post there. Some of the members are touchey about who posts to "their" site. Not nearly as friendly as almost everyone is here.
I am a DIY'er and not a Professional, in my home I am building up my floor to (before laying down 3/4 nail (staple) down t&g red oak. I have 5/8's t&g subfloor so 3/8 is getting screwed and glued over as well as checking for squeeks and re screwing some of the 5/8's prior to overlay. I think my Bostich staples are nearly 2" long driven at appoximatly a 45, check out the peneration of the subfloor carefully if you don't add any additional flooring. My feeling is that you will most definatly puncture the tubing if you try to do this without anymore subfloor than 3/4. You will have nearly 1/2-3/4 inch protruding past the sub floor give or take due to the angle. I am not familur with your floor system so hopefully some one else will be more informed than I.
Good luck
Jim
Thanks, I'll check out the site. The floor will be the same as yours except subfloor is 3/4 fir plywood. I did some work at my other house and the standard clete type fastebners definately penetrate through the subfloor.
Anybody out there on FH know how to do this w/o flooring loosening due to inadequate fastenerer lenght or is it ok to use std. length fasteners and penetrate the Al plates?
If using a stapler you are not garunteed that it will drive at 45 degrees every time.
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We did it without incident. Never gave it a thought.
Told the floor guy there was heat under (which there is on three quarters of the floors he lays) and he took it from there.
I believe the flooring cleat (nail) is 1-3/4".
Thanks, appreciate your response.