Plywood Flooring - An inexpensive alternative to hardwood floors (1)
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I did this Birch plywood on a floor and did tonge and groove with a router and installed like a puzzle without cutting but a couple of edges. and sealed boards. Its been over 8 years and floor still looks beautiful. I'm thinking to redo my floors with Birchwood as well.
I saw this be done in a multi million dollar house it turned out beautiful I did it at my house has been 6 years and it looks amazing still
This is exactly what I was looking for and something this Nana can do. I love how it turned out. Thanks for taking your time to show this, step by step. Much appreciation, and affordable. Can't wait to see the finished floor. What a blessing, THANK YOU.
Absolutely love your video. My hardwood floor guy won $17,000 to do red oak, he's a great guy. I actually am looking to save some money and your plywood video is terrific. I had no idea that this could be done!
My husband did this in our last place and it held up way better, even looked better, than the vinyl wood flooring we had down in another part of the house. The more worn it got the better it looked!
NOTE: Plywood does not shrink or expand like regular solid wood. That is why you can lay it so close together.
thank you so much Judi i was thinking i needed to go pull my flooring back up :(
Why doesn't it shrink or expand? Sorry for my ignorance
Because al the layers of wood are overlapped into different directions.
@@Alleycat___
EXACTLY
Hi, I was watching a CZcams video whilst setting up my new router and your video came on in a serendipitous moment. I left the router tune-up momentarily and spent 15 minutes watching something I probably didn’t need to watch - my Victorian cottage was built in 1888 and has real wood 8.25-inch floor boards that I won’t be changing. I wanted to say however, that I found your video informative and entertaining; I was engrossed. I was also pleased to see you clearly avoided the Health and Safety meddlers and worked in your socks; for me that would have resulted in a grievous wound but for you it went well, so good luck to you. Thanks for the interesting video - isn't it odd that you can post something nearly four years ago in Michigan and I can be watching it now in England? Feels like I'm stalking!! Best wishes, Stephen
Lol lol Stephen! Loved it
It can be so easy to hate people when they leave rude comments. It is a shame so many peoples parents never hugged them or told them they loved them. Pity them. Thank you for this video. You showed interested people an affordable and nice way to spruce up a space. I appreciate your time and willingness to be speculated and judged. Great job and good for you!
Really nice job. I've tried a few other ideas from French cottages.
1) frame the outside edge with a 3" strip.
2) lay boards diagonally.
3) cut boards at random widths for each row, this was done on very old cottage to maximise use of the natural tree widths.
4) use old style wedge nails. They look really effective. Dowels look good too.
5) use a variety of wood dyes and stain boards random colours before you lay them. Used with random widths and it's a stunning effect. Finish with an antique pine yatch varnish or bees wax.
5) cut square's and bevel the edges. Glue down though, no nails.
6) deliberately leave a gap between each board for a very aged look. Leave the same gap at random board ends where they join.
7) lay herringbone, very tedious but stunning.
Very intriguing, do you have a link or photo as an example ?? Thanks !
I install wood flooring. Did white pine floor recently. The plywood is a little harder but still kinda soft. He did a great job. Sanding the edges helped a lot. Maybe a little lighter stain but that's a matter of taste. For the price of the wood it looks great.
Do you think this wider plywood is LESS likely to creak if the sub-floor isn’t perfect? I’m making a home recording studio /theater / man cave above my garage and want the most reliable floor. (Although, I’m thinking it’s the installation process more so than the material that will help with quietness.)
Thanks tons SSL Family! Because of your ( and other) videos my wife made up her mind that this is what we are ( I am) doing in our remodel instead of buying flooring for only a little more and enjoying the free install from the company.
Love to watch people who can do THINGS. You are really interesting and knowledgeable.
Also great idea for van and tiny house builds.
Just amazing and great imagination, thanks for the video, don't listen to negative comments those are lazy people who rather to pay someone to put a new floor rather than you who making your own so I have to give lots of credits for your effort and hard working diy.
Watch the one year follow up:)
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Very...very nice job...!!
Thank you so much for sharing.
My husband and I will definitely need your video to our neew home.
Thank you, may God continue blessing you always.
Wow! You make it look so easy, it's beautiful! I am your new biggest fan. Thank you for making it so clear to understand and answering questions I didn't know to ask!
only thing I would of done is put a clear coat on all 4 sides of the ply before laying it down as ply absorbs moisture and once its sealed moisture doesn't get in ply
I'm sure they sealed it lmfao !
William Louden he’s saying seal it on the underside and sides too. They didn’t do that. They only sealed the top.
Not trying to be that guy and all but all plank wood has 6 sides that you should finish/seal. 👍 That being said, it's interior with a vapor barrier under it on top of a plywood subfloor, it's fine.
For sure on putting a protective coat on the underside too, I would have also put that wood in the house I was installing it in at least 5 days ahead of time to get accommodated to the inside air content to reduce wood resizing.
Echo-echo-echo
Only 2min into the vid and I must agree with the quality of the wood you chose. I was thinking about doing the EXACT same thing but was unsure about the quality. Thanks for the "Vid of Confidence!
You are so organized and explain very well. I can do this! Thank you🙏🏽
Ok, I have been researching, LOL, on how to do the plywood floors. So many out there, but honestly I found your very detailed DIY step by step instructions to include the doorways. So Thank, Thank, And A huge Thank you for adding these small details, but huge for beginning DIY'ers like myself. I have bought my plywood, well actually I bought another sheet as I under estimated and 1 HD had no problem cutting mine down to the 8 inches, another near me wouldn't do it. But I am glad I waited as I decided to look up DIY videos on this type of project. Again thank you.
What lovely way to depreciate the value of your home
What a moron you are, go take a hike.
Great Job :)
I did something similar to this to cover crappy floor boards that were a mess.
Except:
I used 8' x 4' x 1/4" ply as a single sheet (not cut into strips).
Used a router with a 'V' bit set to 1/16" to cut the grooves for the plank widths.
Castellated (stepped) the ends so they interlocked, so no straight edge at the end of the board.
Once laid I then used the 'V' bit to groove the ends of the castellations.
Used a scratch repair pen to lowlight the grooves.
I also used the same technique as yourself for nailing.
The floor has been down for 15 years and looks as new as the day it was laid
+mynewschannel Wow, that sounds excellent, That is inspiring to hear that it is holding up. How many coats of poly did you put on it?
My daughter stained it and clear coat varnished it, I will have to ask her :)
I would love to see pictures pls!!!
I love the way you did the floors.
Love it, exactly what I've been wanting to do with my floors. Looks great. Thanks for the video.
What a fantastic idea for flooring.
+Suzy Menck It looks great so far, we will keep you posted.
I have a mobile home. This looks like a viable option for me. I have the time. I can borrow and rent the equipment. The local hardware/lumber store can cut planks from plywood. Thanks for the upload!
majidi a mobile home with hard wood floor SOUNDs like a boom box speaker
converted a trailer into a 2 story tiny home. this is good for the flooring on the second floor. use 4x4 pine for joists and turn finish plywood down. gives the first floor and open air look and you can then use the plywood on second floor anyway you want. carpet, floating floor or use this guys method a put plywood finished side up. i use carpet because second floor is sleeping area only.
You'll save more and have better flooring looking for 3/4 in. tongue and groove oak flooring and finishing it yourself and the end results will be much better.
Darwin Sango $1sgft < $3.75 sqft
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If you can afford that!!! The reason for this video is to save money...
I am like you, I'd love to have tongue and glove oak flooring... but it is too expensive.
GORGEOUS flooring!!!! I LOVE it!!
Our home depot won't cut the wood like this. They don't even want to give you help finding stuff. I just went yesterday and bought plywood I had to take the whole sheet to my truck with out it being cut . I wanted more sheets but it was really hard to manage getting it all in my truck by myself. A man that was checking out said if I had my saw with me I would cut it in half for you. He was buying 6 rolls of carpet and the employees were not helping him either. I went to Lowes across the street is where I went 1st they were not cutting any wood either so that's why I went to home depot thinking I could get my wood at least cut in half oh well I went today and bought a blade for my saw so I can do my daughter's floor in her room she loves this hard wood look and at a great price. Thank you for the video.
Nice! So far so good, can’t wait to see the finish. You definitely made this look easy!
To anyone wishing to attempt this, I offer a piece of advice. Invest in a biscuit joiner, join the flooring and make the floor float. This allows for expansion and contraction. Also make sure you get a plywood that's not too soft so that it allows for damage! Using a biscuit joiner and not nailing to the floor makes it a lot easier to replace damaged boards in the future 😊. This video is a great tutorial very well made thank you sir!
With plywood-it’s dimensionally stable
Have you tried this? No buckling?
You make it look so easy!! Great job.
Thank you very much for sharing this video with the public. God bless you
nice job man and for a yard sale table saw... those are really nice rips.
Very nice job. I am about to do the same thing only on concrete so I'll need to use a sub-floor and thinner planks. Like that yard sale table saw. You should see mine. I made one from a a skill saw and workmate table. Not the best but it gets the job done.
R Lindsey Hope your floor worked out. I would be careful going over concrete as there might be a moisture problem if you are below grade. Delta FL is a good product to use under the subfloor
Awesome! We are going to try this in our bedroom! Thanks for posting!
Great job, you're a good father!
Hey Dude, great project. A couple of suggestions that helped me before.... I would do the bulk of the sanding while standing and having all of your boards on a bench, saw horses or similar. It's easier on the knees that way. Also pre-stain all of the edges/sides or you could paint them with black paint. That way when you are staining the floor, you will never have any gaps that visually stick out like a sore thumb because they aren't stained. It's just easier to do that before you lay the floor, rather than trying to force stain into a small seams. An oscillating multi-tool also works better for undercutting jams and you can basically set the blade on top of a scrap of your wood floor and plunge cut into the jamb. This insures perfect cut height as well. Also when I did my penny floor I found that you can perfectly time you coats of polyurethane. Use a product designed for the floors that has a large enough open window between topcoats that it doesn't require you to scuff and sand between coats. I did all of my coats WITHOUT sanding. The product I used had a big enough open window that I could put down a coat of poly before I went to work in the morning, then I could come home and do another coat as soon as I got home, and then I would do one more before I went to bed. I would of course repeat the routine the following day as well until I was satisfied with the amount of coats. Also a short nap mini roller i think works better for the application too. For scratches you can use a stain pen for repairs and clear nail polish works good to patch any deep scratches or chips in the poly.
oddjobstoo what is the type and name of the poly that you used.? Thank you!
I forgot to mention, good friends of ours laid full sheets of plywood down and coated it.nit us beautiful and has lasted really well. He has recoated the finish in a few places only a couple times in 30 years to keep it looking fabulous.
What did they coat it with
It’s flooring right now, done. Thanks for sharing your adventure. You can take all the negative comments and flush them down the toilet,with all the online experts. Worst case scenario is now you have an inch and a half of sub flooring.
We are in the process of converting a school bus into an rv and I think this would be perfect for the flooring. Thanks for posting!
35 years ago I was poor and bought a house I called the money pit the movie was after my money pit just a cowincide. Anyway the dining room had this horrible old Formica from pre WWII it had crack ETC. It had to go I looked at flooring and decided that I was going to buy oak plywood and rip it into 2 inch strips. Joint it and use that in those days good oak plywood was $20 a sheet maybe I think it was cheaper. Anyway everyone thought I was nuts. I bought a old steam iron and stripped the Formica inches at a time every night after work for a hour or so. The house was in forks Washington. Before the vampires and warewolves . anyway as the Formica came up I noticed (the house was about 100 years old) the other thing forks wa is known for besides salmon fishing hunting Bigfoot vampires and warewolves is burly maple. They make fancy guitars and violins out of it. A big burly maple tree is worth upwards of $40,000 for one tree any how maple in forks 130+ years ago was a weed to loggers. My dining room floor under the Formica was a burly maple floor. I sanded it and covered it with clear enamel. A guy I knew collected guitars saw the floor and went batshit crazy
Teal'c -Burly maple is very expensive now a days. But it was not expensive 130 years ago. See all that burly maple was made into floors instead of guitars got him crazy.
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Wow! You struck gold.
I could listen to people's awesome life adventures like this every day and never get bored with them , super inspiring story , loved it !
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Oh look>>>>> No one cares.
Did any one else hold their breathe watching him in socks with the nail gun? I'm such a worrier. LOL
Sorry, but shoes won't stop a nail from going in your foot. Maybe steel toes, and literally only in the steel toes if you're lucky. The pneumatic nailers go in with such force not many shoes will stop it.
Omg. Swear. I was about to comment the second thing. I had physical pain with every nail when the socks were in the frame?!
When he shoots himself in the foot, at least he won't have to cut off the shoe to get to the nail. I'm just saying.....
The splinters would hurt worse
I was holding my breathe when he was using the reciprocating saw to take a half inch off the door trim, YIKES
Thank you just what I was looking for and knew it must be possible; it turned out great.
A terrific solution. I love softwood floors. They are much more inviting to my eye over hardwood.
In one of the big buildings I work in, the floor is 4X8 sheets of plywood. The floor is almost 50 years old. There are a few places where it got damaged but overall it looks amazing considering its age, the legions of people who have walked over it, and that no one cares if it gets damaged or not. The great thing about your idea is you can have some extra stock pieces at hand and if one is damaged physically, stained, or warped by fluids you can pull it up and replace it with spare wood from the same lot. I wonder if there is a coating you can apply that would be durable and not too slick. Nice job.
You can use any wood floor finish. They make them for commercial traffic.
Just a tidbit of info, It is always a good idea to let the would acclimate but referring to your comment about box store wood being wet, with plywood it really doesn’t matter because the way plywood is constructed each layer is alternated so there isn’t expansion and shrinkage problems with plywood.
I watched all 3 videos, great job.
I’m so glad I saw this. Thank you.
Was waiting for the nail through the sock
Mike Abramow Hanes makes steel toe socks he should be OK
Mike Abramow I was super worried abt that! 😳
Wait, what? I haven't watched it yet bc I read comments immediately. Wow, shoeless?
😂 😂 😂
Especially funny when the video was sped up.
Don't use felt paper indoors they are made with tar and off gas VOCs.
There are felt papers specifically designed for underlayment of hardwood floors. It is not the same stuff as the roofing felt paper.
Except that he had stated it's not specifically for wood floors it was leftovers from another project what's the Standard Roofing tar paper not a bright cookie dough but something like that in a children's room or inside a house at all
Great idea! Thanks for making the video. I feel like this is a life hack! Definitely something I will keep in mind! Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful, very well done.
Iv seen someone laminate ten sheets together then rip them into 22 mm strips so when it's glued down all you see is thin end grain .
Time consuming but very effective .
Jees.. lotta work but i really like the idea!
Softwoods and hardwoods aren't named for the actual hardness. Softwoods are from coniferous (or more accurately, gymnosperm) trees whereas hardwoods are from flowering or angiosperm trees. Trees like spruce and yew (both softwood) can be as hard or harder than most hardwoods where as balsa, poplar or aspen (all hardwood) is generally softer than most softwoods. The density is a better indicator of the hardness and durability of the finished product like floors.
Great video btw...
+Aaron Robinson Great info, thanks!
Thanks Aaron Robinson!!! I never knew that and I worked for a company similar to Home Depot for YEARS! Selling pine, oak, fir, hemlock, etc between the lumber, panelling, plywoods, and mouldings (millwork) daily. I LOVE LEARNING!!! =D
thanks aaron I had to copy and paste onto my notes !!!!
The finish can also make a difference as to how the finished floor resists scratches etc. I made some steps out of "port orford cedar" (Not a true cedar according to my science teacher father) That stuff is considered a softwood but with the finish came out pretty tough. Still looks pretty good considering the abuse it has been under. A light sanding and recoat it looks brand new again. Maybe just a wax would make it look new too. Never tried that.
Aaron Robinson It's easier to explain that hardwoods are deciduous (loose their leaves in the fall), softwoods are evergreens.
The wood you have is so much nicer than what I found.
Looks good. I never thought to use plywood and cut it in strips. Thanks for the idea
John Hicks As simple as it was it is a brilliant idea.
First, I love the socks on the job site. Second, I think that pine is a bit soft to use as flooring no matter what finish you use. I’d use better Birch ply or something like that. Third, if your nailing it down I’d use full sheets and I’d glue it, which wouldn’t cost much more than the paper really. I have used plywood as flooring before but quite not like this. Anyway, pretty cool but not quite there in my opinion and I wouldn’t do it. I’m a contractor and carpenter for what it’s worth and am prepared to be pleasantly surprised. I’m also prepared for everyone telling me to piss of and get over myself. Cheers.
Contractor here. Did it in my house the first time in 08.
Pine is fine, I planned on putting 1/4" walnut ply of the standard. Didn't bother and it's been fine. Modern finishes are more important than the wood. The ply texture allows a more casual finish coats.
I planned on doing designs in colored stains on the floors but never felt like it was necessary.
I was just getting over the hump of thinking more impressive finishes make a more impressive home. Landed squarely in true architecture is how the house functions soon after. Only so many houses that are built to the millimeter that you don't like thw feel of before you understand what matters.
Other comments are HF has a cheap Jamb saw for around doors.
You have created an awesome channel mister!
Rockin the socks..lol love it.. im doin one similar only straight up painting it. Great yob
Friggin love it dude! So crazy it just works.
One might also consider finding #2 or even #3 T&G oak or other hardwood flooring to create an inexpensive flooring as opposed to plywood....Finding "reclaimed" lumber can make a handsome floor for less $$$, too.
OMG what a great idea!
Love this. Planning to do this in my kitchen!
Came out Great.. Thanks for uploading
Nice. I like the wide board look. I was born , raised and still live in Dalton GA. This is where carpet took off on a factory scale. Carpet built this whole area and every job around is related to carpet. With that being said I wanna let it be known I Hate Carpet. For instance my grandparents put down a really high end carpet and they were clean freaks before it was Kool to be a clean freak. They lived in the country with gravel Rds and some dust so they vacuumed daily and shampooed very often as well. They decided to get new carpet and had already paid for the new carpet. When we ripped out the old it was scary at the dirt it had trapped. It was a big house and we used wheel barrels and feed scoops to shovel up the dirt that carpet had held and hid. They lost part of their $$$ on the new they had bought but we cleaned and refinished the original oak hardwood flooring. It made the house look more "REAL" than with any carpet. But in rental houses I' remove carpet and put down something solid.
Phil Lowman this is why we have hardwood instead of carpet, carpet wreaks havoc on an asthma sufferer because of all the dust snd stuff it holds which is what our son suffers from
I always wonder about Dalton and whether the people who live there actually eat carpet fiber for breakfast.
nice idea man.especially if you dont mind it getting a little beat up. it is definitely softer than the wood that would be used for flooring. sometimes the finish you choose can make it much harder though. I like a wood floor to have lots of dings and scratches though, to me that is part of it beauty. I may try this in my office, Ill go for a better looking wood though, that birch or whatever you used has a very vague grain pattern, I am interested to see how it looks all finished up though, perhaps it looks nice when stained....
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No matter the finish a soft wood will still dent, but it will prevent scratches and scuffs
The type of wood isn't the reason for the "vague" grain pattern. That's the result of how the wood is cut. The trees are spun on a lathe and a blade cuts the tree lengthwise as it spins. The wood comes off in a sheet, like unrolling paper towels or toilet paper. This long sheet is then cut to size, forming the plys, hence "plywood". The grain orientation is staggered on each ply, then they are glued and pressed together under extreme pressure. Staggering the plys is what gives plywood its strength and stability, making it less susceptible to expansion and contraction. The tradeoff is not getting what you'd consider a traditional looking grain pattern.
rogermurph101. Thank you.
I've seen something similar in a studio apartment but on the ceiling. Looks awesome my man.
Never thought of doing this. Great idea.
I’ve had a pine floor for 10 years and I love it more every year, dings and all. Don’t sweat the small stuff.
I think this describes the entire reason for the video. I do enjoy reading through the comments for tips...YOURS IS THE BEST ONE!
I live on the coast and I wanted something that I could kinda resemble PLANKS...like PIRATES would use to make folks walk. They would probably pull the older ones from floorboards...guaranteed to break! After watching the videos on flooring...I AM WHITE WASHING PLYWOOD PLANKS!
Very interesting! I like the look very much. My favorite part was the scripture at the end though! #subscribed
+Wooden you know it! Thanks!
Sweet vid. Really dig this kind of stuff.
Would like to see more. Keep it up.
Bless his little white socks.
Nice job regardless of the comments. I pulled up some butt ugly carpet to reveal plywood. I cleaned it up, scored fake planks into it using the end of screw driver or a knife (yes, it is soft wood) then mixed stain and paint together, painted a plank then used a wood grain simulator rocker tool on it, imprinting the look of wood grain on it. (the plywood color(tinted) showed through where ever the rocker made an imprint. ) I used a color that came across as maple with a hint of mahogany Cool look. Poly'd it and have had it for 12 years. Did they same thing in my kids bedroom only I just drew the lines on over a light custard color with silver tan graining. That one is the best. Still looks great!
Nice!
Pics please!!!!!!
Based on your description, you did all that work on the subflooring. If the room was carpeted when the house was built, the builders just put down the subflooring, a carpet underlayment, and then the carpet on top which means if the carpet is ever removed you have to lay down a wood flooring on top of the plywood subfloor. If you ever plan to sell that house, you will have to go back and lay down a wood floor for it to pass inspection.
How has it held up?
there are several engineered flooring products that cost less than $1/ sf and will actually stay down. Brad nails with 1/2" penetration will lift almost immediately. once lifting begins, the edges will splinter.
been over a year and it is all still solid as a rock. I was concerned about that also but it seems to have worked ok with the brads.
Not enough finish nails. Christ in a Crockpot!
Nice job bud, thanks for the idea I'm going to do this upstairs in my home. Thumbs up.
Great idea , I would have never thought of that! Thanks for the tip sir!
Instead of ripping the plywood into strips, you could router a pattern onto the ply wood sheet to mimmic a propper laid floor and just lay the whole panel. Just a suggestion. I am sure with enough thought and planning it could be done.
You could, kinda, but you'll get 4 ft horizontal seams. It would look like sheets of plywood.
Yes I see what you mean. Not one of my better ideas. @@moreygloss9248
Also the grain pattern would cross your fake lines and show you for the fake you are.
@dlw: @Bob Rogers already said it was probably a bad suggestion. I know you've probably been victim of comment bullies, but that's no reason to be one yourself. Your comment about the grain pattern is valid except you devalued it with your choice of words.
Hiw much did you save by using plywood vs hard wood vs laminate?
Laminate is practically the same as plywood, but it's cheaper and higher quality than this DIY shit.
Great project! Thanks for making it and taking the time to film it. Subscribed!
Great idea, I’ll try it. Thank you 😀
This is a fantastic idea and very low on the budget. I greatly appreciate you sharing this. Any tips or suggestions for doing this on a concrete floor?
Graham’s World TV I imagine you would treat it like normal timber and lay batern first, however normally flooring timber is tounge and groove, not sure how machineing the tongue part would go so to help it stay flat on the batern you could drill and dowel as you go or those flat oval shaped (not sure what called) biscuit things that work on the same principle though not as simple to drill..
Makes me so angry i spent so much reflooring my house.
Nice! I like the little tips you give along the way; that really helps. I'll be sure to check out the next part.
I have a hell of a time finding nice pieces of wood at my local home depot stores.
This is a great start to finish vid.
Thanks for the tips,
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I agree that your economy wood floor alternative looks pretty good. Better than I thought it would. I'd like to offer a couple of suggestions for others thinking of doing this.
If you have the tools to do so, it would be good insurance to add splines between the planks. Splines would help insure that the plank surfaces would stay even with one another. They would also make any gaps that open up look better. The gap would only be ¼" deep vs ¾" deep exposing the underlayment. Alternatively one could use biscuits or dominoes. These wouldn't hide the underlayment if exposed, but they'd keep plank surfaces even.
My other suggestion is to use a wood conditioner prior to staining. This will help the soft pine plywood take the stain more evenly minimizing the light and dark areas.
+Stanton Taylor excellent ideas. I thought about doing some kind of joinery with this but in the end wanted to see how it turns out in the simplest way possible. I saw that wood conditioner recommended on the stain can but just dismissed it. I might try that on the next room, thanks!!!
I see it has been 2 years now and I would like to know how it is holding up?
kerwin davis mine held up great whent with the plank look because i like it but if you have dogs dont do it!
Check the finishing video and the one year update video.
Stanton, I wouldn't use plywood but if I did I would machine 5" or 6" wide tongue & groove planks with a 1/32" chamfer. Except for some of the edge pieces you wouldn't have to nail through the face of every plank. I would also use a 13-ply plywood from a good lumber yard. More expensive but the higher grade plywood is more consistent in thickness. Last year I used some Home Depot maple-veneered plywood for garage shelves and cabinets and it was not consistent in thickness, at all. Just my opinion but finish materials available at Home Depot are good for garage or storage applications only.
I don't know why he's worried about expansion and contraction with plywood. Highly stable stuff doesn't really need leave much room if any for that.
VERY COOL, I LOVE THIS AND IT TURNED OUT AWESOME, GREAT JOB!
Thanks foe sharing with us to install a solid pine floor, to finish up with the hardwood floor.
Face nailing with a 16 gauge Brad nailer is not the way to fasten any flooring, especially without adhesive. This guy could have at least used a flooring nail gun to hide the nails.
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A brad nailer is only 18 gauge. A finish nailer can be 15 16 or 18 gauge. You cant use a flooring nailer if there's no tongue to nail into.
Did you watch the follow up video? Looks good to me!! Guy did a great job and good tutorial
did the nails have heads and didnt get sunk?
Mike Wilhelmson yeah I was about to type this exact thing. People see a video like this and think “good idea” but don’t see it again, like we will.
On the house we are flipping because it’s all trashed out
You know what would’ve been a good idea would have been to router and spline it. This way the edges wouldn’t pop up and it’ll be locked in a tongue groove sort of fashion all the way around
Great instructions!
Very creative. Never mind the negative hater comments. Thumbs up, off to watch part 2.
I have used this same approach with one difference; I use biscuits to join the planks. The biscuits keep the planks aligned and level. I use plastic self clamping biscuits so no glue is required.
this is a good idea, but 5/8" solid bamboo flooring can often be had for as little as $2 / sq ft, looks way better, is re-sandable / refinishable, and has a durable factory finish. plus its premade and ready to install. i think its a better inexpensive alternitive to the plywood floor here
Thats $60+ for an 8x4 sheet. He's doing this on a budget. Why can't you re-sand ply???
Pre sanded ply is extremely smooth. I will agree bamboo has a great look to it but you can stain, sand seal and done correctly get a nice clear coat on it thats just as appealing and durable as the coating on normal hardwood floorings.
Now ply wouldnt be a great idea in some homes do to warping over time but if laid correctly with the right under dressing it shouldn't warp any more then normally hardwood flooring in just about all homes. This video has great pointers very good.
Its a great idea for thise home owners who dont have the big bucks to do a normal hardwood floor or want to take out that kind of loan.
I wood have stained them all after a dry fit and then put them in and did touch ups then clear sealed them with a protective sealant that resists damage.
This is a great idea for house flipping again if done right it can look like real hard wood
James if you can get bamboo would be cheaper if you can get it at $2 sq ft because the boards wouldn’t need a finish. If he’s paying $60 a board that only gets him 32 sq ft per board and you would pay $64 for 32 sq ft with the bamboo and most of the stuff now days comes with underlayment
shonuffisthemaster if you're talking about lumber liquidators the shit the sell is illegal poison from China they use formaldehyde in the Glue it off gases cancer causing gases .
@@timerickson2141 Not anymore Tim. That's old news. This was also limited to LAMINATE Flooring purchased at Lumber Liquidators.
L.L. were sued and they no longer buy anything from China. However I will agree that their laminate stuff is still pathetic. The only thing that LL sells today that is quality is their 3/4 inch hardwood
Very nice! Good idea. Clearly presented - am ready to try it myself.
WOW great Idea! I am going to try it!!! Thanks for the vid!
All ply flooring vids I see no one tounge and grooves their boards and they're installing with 18 or 16 gauge gun nails. Its gonna fail over time
Holes and gaps galore
Skip the felt paper and use liquid nails on boards over 4 inches.
@@jundiaz1bona makes a roll on moisture barrier for exactly that reason
I can understand someone not doing homemade T&G but would half laps on each side (one side top other side bottom) not avoid having big gaps open up when wood dries out or separates over time.
@@colinwilson7524 how to do diy tounge and groove?
Would have loved to see the guy at Home Depot when you asked him to rip all those boards for you...lol
BoredAtWork2000 yeah I bet he was happy lol
I would charge for the cuts
lol
andrew blayney they do, it's 0.25$ a cut after the first three.
Why wouldn't he be happy? If I worked there I would be happy about getting to cut a bunch of wood. It's not like it's hard. It's got to be better than showing someone what isle the toilets are located on.
I loved this video, the floor is awsome. thanks
I have done and am still in this process. I can say that cutting perfect straight strips is paramount. Also the cheaper the plywood- the more you’ll ssnd, and sand and sand