Diy Floors Out Of Plywood

Renovate home with this planked wood flooring easy to polish paint and stain.

Diy floors out of plywood.

A beautiful plywood floor starts with a smooth texture. Ripping the plywood into planks. Some of the gaps were a tad big on our slightly guestimated measured hand cut patches oops so i filled them in with some caulk just in case. When i was planning my approach to the diy i had those gorgeous floors in mind.

I had the thought that cutting down and using plywood as the planks could achieve a similar and even more rustic in a good way look. So first sand the floor to remove any splinters. Once the carpet and padding were removed they planned out their layout and. They were perfectly imperfect and all worn and full of character.

The subfloors were just 3 4 inch plywood so we cut patches out of new 3 4 ply to fit up to the floor joists built some extra blocking underneath and screwed them down. The most important thing i can say here is that you will need to improvise. The floors between the rooms may not be level or made out of the same material and the gap will probably not be square. Ashley s husband begins removing the carpet and padding from the.

Lay down strips of plywood to build up the gap in the doorway. Surface dimensional stability of plywood makes it a perfect candidate for wood flooring will always be even and less susceptible to water. While we love our hardwood floors we know that not every diyer has the budget and if we re keeping it real not every project is worth the splurge for higher end flooring we ve talked about and heard from our readers over on facebook about plywood plank flooring too. Our plywood pretty week is coming to a close and there s one topic we haven t covered yet.

Depending on the size of the floor either hand sand the floor or use a power sanding tool. The step by step process for diy plywood floor project step 1. Diy plywood plank floor.