Hello,
I'm a complete flooring/diy newbie who's budget is about exhausted, I have a jigsaw, a crowbar, and the internet.
That said, what I'm attempting to do is the first picture on the following link.
http://www.curbly.com/users/diy-maven/posts/10186-inspiration-plywood-floors-how-to-included
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The method: cutting 1/4" birch plywood in half with a jigsaw, putting it on the floor and using 9 screws on each "tile", while alternating the wood grain. Eventually sealing with mini-wax poly.
The madness: I'm about halfway done and the floor is looking pretty good but there are two issues that I'd like to resolve. One, what to fill the cracks between the wood tiles with and what to cover the countersunk screws with (I tried a wood filler, but it looks whacky, might be the only choice though). And what to do about the fact that my subfloor is OSB, old, and uneven? I'm not tearing it out, so don't mention that. Some of the tiles don't smoothly connect to the others. There's a ridge generally about a millimeter high from one tile to the next. I don't like that.
Any ideas?
(Please don't say that I shouldn't be doing this at all (too late) or that I need to replace my subfloor (not gonna happen.)
I'm a complete flooring/diy newbie who's budget is about exhausted, I have a jigsaw, a crowbar, and the internet.
That said, what I'm attempting to do is the first picture on the following link.
http://www.curbly.com/users/diy-maven/posts/10186-inspiration-plywood-floors-how-to-included
--
The method: cutting 1/4" birch plywood in half with a jigsaw, putting it on the floor and using 9 screws on each "tile", while alternating the wood grain. Eventually sealing with mini-wax poly.
The madness: I'm about halfway done and the floor is looking pretty good but there are two issues that I'd like to resolve. One, what to fill the cracks between the wood tiles with and what to cover the countersunk screws with (I tried a wood filler, but it looks whacky, might be the only choice though). And what to do about the fact that my subfloor is OSB, old, and uneven? I'm not tearing it out, so don't mention that. Some of the tiles don't smoothly connect to the others. There's a ridge generally about a millimeter high from one tile to the next. I don't like that.
Any ideas?
(Please don't say that I shouldn't be doing this at all (too late) or that I need to replace my subfloor (not gonna happen.)