The subfloor is tji joists with 3 4 t g osb glued and screwed.
Running hardwood parallel to joists.
A flooring contractor howard brickman responds.
If the subfloor is a concrete pad these structural considerations don.
Older houses with 1 inch planks running diagonally to the joists can support flooring planks running parallel to the joists.
If the subfloor is stiff enough there is no reason why solid nail down strip flooring can t be run parallel to the joists.
Lisa lisa good question.
A friend told me that i should lay the wood across the joists and that would mean running the wood parallel to the windows.
Hi guys new to the forum and have a question i m a professional floor covering installer strictly wood and laminate for the last 6 years been in floor covering for most of my life on off from 15 21 and since 21 i ll be 41 in aug i installed engineered paralel to the joists per ok via phone by manufacturer tech as we were prepping the floor all joints in subfloor sanded period 1st step of.
I believe the national wood flooring association recommends a glued 5 8 1 2 subfloor combination for a parallel application.
Is this ok or should another layer of sheathing be put on the floor perpendicular to previous and then install flooring.
I m about to lay hardwoods in my house and i ve heard that you should lay them perpendicular to the windows so the light doesn t reflect off the gaps in the boards.
I have a client that would like their 3 4 birch flooring to run parallel to the joists.
What s the right answer.
I have always installed hardwood flooring perpendicular to the floor joists.
Flooring is tbd but will probably be either 3 4 hardwood or 1 2 engineered.
Sight lines and aesthetics laying the hardwood flooring so that it runs from the main entrance of the room to the opposite wall is the best for sight line.
First renail the existing plywood subfloor so that the old nails are tight and add new nails to achieve a maximum nail spacing of 6 inches.
When hardwood floors are installed parallel to the joists they will sag squeak and gap.