However the wood isn t as hard as some other flooring choices.
Installing new hardwood floors over old.
Pine offers grain textures and knots that create an interesting look on your floor.
Check with the flooring manufacturer for recommendations.
Laying a new subfloor over old pine flooring.
Installing new hardwood over old hardwood floors.
The surface of the old floor needs to be cleaned.
If you will install on top the old floor boards have to be securely fastened try to avoid any loose floorboards.
When installing new wood flooring parallel to an existing solid nail down floor add a minimum of 3 8 plywood underlayment over the existing floor to increase stability.
3 4 thick or thinner solid or engineered hardwood flooring must be installed across the old wood floor boards at a 90 degree angle.
If your subfloor is already hardwood but you want to improve the look of your home with new material it is possible to lay engineered hardwood over the existing floor with proper preparation and traditional installation techniques.
New hardwood flooring over old hardwood flooring.
If the hardwood flooring is installed nailed down parallel to the direction of the old wood flooring the new wood floors could pull apart leaving open gaps or.
To keep the new wood flooring level with other transitioning floors in your home consider using inch thick.
For instance i will look at much older floors that were nailed into floor joists before the widespread use of subfloors.