Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community - View Single Post

DEI37 · 08-12-2007, 01:11 PM

I am considering taking up the flooring in the living room and dining room to get rid of the carpet, and put down some wood flooring. I can find the tongue & groove stuff easy enough, and I think it would be easy to do. I'm trying to just get an idea of what it is gonna take to get it done.

What do you use for underlayment? Just standard stuff? The real issue is going to be in the living room, where it used to be a garage. I NEED to get another couple of ventilation outlets in here, and the duct work would HAVE to be run under the floor. I'm gonna run some cabling under the floor, for the network, and some of the audio stuff, too.

What I'm guessing to do is get several 2x4's, with the 2" side on the floor, and put the underlayment on top of that, and go from there. How does the flooring get secured to the underlayment...glue? I'm hoping then, too, that I can get some of the ventilation ducting under there, too, then.

I do not know what is under the floor right now. I've not pulled it up, nor tried to. I know there'll be some work involved, but I'm hoping to do it myself.

Thanks.

08-12-2007, 01:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
DEI37 Go faster! Location: Wisconsin	Laying wood flooring I am considering taking up the flooring in the living room and dining room to get rid of the carpet, and put down some wood flooring. I can find the tongue & groove stuff easy enough, and I think it would be easy to do. I'm trying to just get an idea of what it is gonna take to get it done. What do you use for underlayment? Just standard stuff? The real issue is going to be in the living room, where it used to be a garage. I NEED to get another couple of ventilation outlets in here, and the duct work would HAVE to be run under the floor. I'm gonna run some cabling under the floor, for the network, and some of the audio stuff, too. What I'm guessing to do is get several 2x4's, with the 2" side on the floor, and put the underlayment on top of that, and go from there. How does the flooring get secured to the underlayment...glue? I'm hoping then, too, that I can get some of the ventilation ducting under there, too, then. I do not know what is under the floor right now. I've not pulled it up, nor tried to. I know there'll be some work involved, but I'm hoping to do it myself. Thanks. __________________ Generally speaking, if you were to get what you really deserve, you might be unpleasantly surprised.