Attic Floor for finished attic
#1
05-18-04, 06:46 PM
Attic Floor for finished attic
I'm finishing off my attic (STILL).
I have already put down 3/4" plywood over the floor joists.
I have used drywall screws to keep them in place.
2 questions:
1) Will the drywall screws keep the 4'x4' plywood in place or should I use different screws? If I use different screws, should I remove the drywall screws or leave them in?
2) Will it be OK to just put padding and carpeting down over the plywood, or do I need something else to lay down between the plywood and carpet pad?
Thanks!
I have already put down 3/4" plywood over the floor joists.
I have used drywall screws to keep them in place.
2 questions:
1) Will the drywall screws keep the 4'x4' plywood in place or should I use different screws? If I use different screws, should I remove the drywall screws or leave them in?
2) Will it be OK to just put padding and carpeting down over the plywood, or do I need something else to lay down between the plywood and carpet pad?
Thanks!
#3
05-23-04, 05:07 PM
Originally Posted by Ed Imeduc
We always use a liquid nail to put down a floor with the screws. Just make sure that they where long enough.
ED
ED
Thanks!
#5
05-24-04, 08:54 AM
Lots of ifs here. Id say if the joist are 16" on center you could get by, is there any give at a seam in the center of the joist ?If so Id put another 1/2" ply over it going the other way with the seams. If this 3/4" is T/C your ok with just it and put the rug and pad down. The screws should go into the joist a 1" or more. Id say
ED
ED
#7
06-05-04, 04:17 PM
Sorry about that T/C d**fingers. Should be T/G. they have a 3/4 ply wood for floors that has a tongue and groove
edge. This is what you want to put down and be done with it thats all you will need.
ED
edge. This is what you want to put down and be done with it thats all you will need.
ED
#8
07-14-04, 09:56 AM
I realize this is really old fashioned of me, but does anyone still put down a sub-floor underneath the plywood. I tore up the floor in my bedroom (due to water damage caused by a broken valve on a toilet) and found that the builder had put down just one level of 3/4" plywood. Typically I would have no problem seeing that in a new house, except that I could see wear marks (dips and sagging) in the dry sheets. I ended up cutting out the entire floor, laying a subfloor of 1x6 's and then laying 1/2 t/g plywood on top of it. Sure I bumped the elevation of the floor a touch, but there's no noise anymore, and I worry less that my floor will sag at all, or in the next 20 years for that matter.
Oh and Ed was right. Don't put down flooring or even drywall w/o a healthy dose of liquid nails. Makes it a pain to remodel, but at least you put the stuff on securely the first time.
Thanks
Oh and Ed was right. Don't put down flooring or even drywall w/o a healthy dose of liquid nails. Makes it a pain to remodel, but at least you put the stuff on securely the first time.
Thanks
