3/4inch hardwood over parquet
Hello all,
Some great advice here, thanks! I have a question regarding installing 3/4inch nail down hardwood flooring over an exisiting parquet floor - essentially: Should I do it?
The 'plan' would be to lay an additional layer of plywood over the parquet, glueing/screwing it right through into the joists, then 2" nailing the wood.
1 - the floor squeaks now (carpet over parquet), should I screw through the 'subfloor' prior to the extra layer of plywood?
2 - is a 3/8 inch plywood adequate, given that it's an extra layer only?
3 - is the risk of the parquet splitting / loosening due to the screwing and nailing too great, so as to cause squeaking down the road?
I've done wood before, but never over parquet like this...Thanks!
Bryan-
Some great advice here, thanks! I have a question regarding installing 3/4inch nail down hardwood flooring over an exisiting parquet floor - essentially: Should I do it?
The 'plan' would be to lay an additional layer of plywood over the parquet, glueing/screwing it right through into the joists, then 2" nailing the wood.
1 - the floor squeaks now (carpet over parquet), should I screw through the 'subfloor' prior to the extra layer of plywood?
2 - is a 3/8 inch plywood adequate, given that it's an extra layer only?
3 - is the risk of the parquet splitting / loosening due to the screwing and nailing too great, so as to cause squeaking down the road?
I've done wood before, but never over parquet like this...Thanks!
Bryan-
