Sleepers For Wood Flooring
Hardwood sleepers available sizes.
Sleepers for wood flooring. What are subfloor sleepers. To make low flooring framing that will conserve headroom lay pressure treated 2x4s sleepers flat and cover them with 3 4 inch tongue and groove osb underlayment or exterior plywood. Start to finish 4 hrs difficulty kind of easy involves power tools carpentry skills. Ron stopped by the mr floor showroom to find out why wood floors squeak and what can be done about them.
200mm x 50mm 200mm x 75mm uptons stocks a full range of timber sleepers that will cover all needs from retaining walls to garden beds while you could be rest assured of getting only genuine australian and tasmanian timber. Prep and determine level step 1 install a vapor barrier such as polyethylene film over a masonry garage or basement floor. Cushioned sleepers shall be 2 x 3 x 4 nominal kd hemlock spruce pine or fir with pads as supplied by flooring manufacturer. Plywood subfloor shall be 15 32 x 4 x 8 apa or flooring manufacturer approved equivalent rated sheathing exposure 1 minimum 4 ply or per mfma flooring manufacturer design.
Follow the installation instructions on the package using the recommended glue or tape. We can also source specific sized timber sleepers up to 300 x 300 if required. A moisture barrier must be used to to cover the concrete floor before you build or have someone build.