Bruce Hardwood Over Osb

Moisture contents of osb subflooring must be established prior to hardwood flooring installations.

Bruce hardwood over osb.

Flooring is attached with staples to the subfloor which can be plywood oriented strand board osb high density particle board or even existing wood flooring. There may be some exceptions to engineered floors that can be stapled down check product instructions. Install 23 32 inch or thicker osb panels in the proper orientation that is with the side marked this side down facing down. I ve heard of problems with nails not holding in osb all that well.

Hardwood flooring will not stabilize the osb subfloor so all movement must be remedied prior to hardwood installation. 1 should i use barbed nails or staples. Main concern is nails staples coming loose from the osb over time. I would not install hardwood directly over osb.

Especially if you are using a stapler to install the wood. 2 is there any advantage to. I will be installing bruce unfinished 3 4 strip flooring this weekend. Ensure that no fasteners are exposed or raised and that there is at least an 1 8 inch gap between osb subfloor panels.

Tap tongue and groove sheets together with a hammer but leave a. Osb is fine as a subfloor structurally but imo it won t hold a nail or staple as well as spruce plywood. In the event the moisture differential between the osb and hardwood is too great at the time of installation problems can arise.