1 4 Plywood Plank Floor

We needed 3 sheets to cover our roughly 7 x 10 closet floor.

1 4 plywood plank floor.

If it s on top of another subfloor remove the tongue and groove hardwood to get down to the lowest subfloor level. If it is attached to the joists you can use the 1 4 in. We chose sanded pine plywood in 1 2 think 4 x 8 sheets. There are two basic ways to go.

Together that s 1 1 4 but since i shot them in at an angle i went with 1 1 2. For many years the standard option was lauan plywood also called philippine mahogany or luan plywood which is made with an inexpensive tropical hardwood and therein lies its problem. I think an added benefit to the 1 2 plywood is that the spaces in between the planks doesn t hold dirt as easily. It typically comes in 4 x 8 foot sheets.

Coming in at under 1 per sq ft it was a crazy cheap solution that had the potential to look awesome. We went with the 1 2 plywood to keep costs down but 3 4 would work as well. These were about 20 each. Most plywood underlayment is about 1 4 inch thick and has square edges and a smooth knot free top face.

First we went to home depot to check out the different types of plywood. Rustic multicolor plank plywood flooring sand dollar lane. Plywood to establish a flat surface and separate the two hardwood surfaces to avoid the expansion and contraction differences between the two hardwoods. The plywood plank flooring thickness we used is 1 2 thick.

I ve seen it done a lot of different ways and in many different finishes and figured it would be worth a shot. Maybe one day i will finally come up with something revolutionary but for today here s my version of plywood wide plank floors. Remove the existing flooring such as carpet or vinyl and then refinish the plywood subfloor beneath or install new plywood cut into planks squares or even. If our floors weren t so uneven we could have used 3 4 but the flexibility that a 1 2 plywood has was perfect to conform to our uneven sub floor s contours.

She used 1 4 plywood cut into 8 inch planks and finished with a variety of stains for a more rustic multi color style. The 1 2 would be a bit more flexible to fit over slightly uneven subfloor sections if it s only slight and you don t want to try and level it out i ve seen plywood floors installed in 4 x4 squares like you were thinking and it looked great. The reason i used 1 1 2 was because my plywood sub floor was 3 4 and the plywood flooring i was putting down was 1 2 thick. Ok now for how to make pretty plank floors out of plywood.

Leen recently early 2017 installed plywood floor in the bonus room above her garage which serves are her art studio. One of the spaces is big and open and all white with gorgeous gappy wide plank white wood floors.