The higher the traffic the more they ll probably wear down.
Dyi plywood strip floors.
It looks cheap and is old dirty and cracked anyway.
Instead of spending hours cutting huge boards of plywood into strips we opted to have ours cut to size for us.
Full plans here modernbuilds.
Everything from cutting the plywood into wide plank boards to sanding staining finishing and installing the plywood planks down all of it diy.
Tools supplies used for a diy striped plywood floor makeover ruler pencil and xacto knife restore white latex paint misc color latex paints paint roller tray paint brushes aluminum meat pie tins misc scrap newspapers stays clear poly by benjamin moore.
As you d expect diy rustic wide plank plywood flooring takes much longer to finish than just installing pre made planks.
I really wanted old looking white floors for our new studio space.
Yes plywood is a soft wood and yes it will get a little beat up over the years.
Here s how to lay a plywood floor.
This makes the new flooring more secure and eliminates holes in the subfloor.
A plywood floor is more work to install than laminate but it will last much longer too especially if you buy the cheaper laminates in the price ranges you are talking about.
Take the plywood into strips and cut the parallelograms that can be fit together making a hexagon and a 3d plywood flooring with a repeated wood cub pattern.
I actually saw some interesting beat up knotty oak at lumber liquidators for a little more than a dollar per square foot which is practically highway robbery when it comes to wood flooring prices.
Use spacers apply grout and finish with water based polyurethane for shine on the wood grains.
Laying out and cutting the planks of plywood to the correct lengths not widths is the most difficult parts of this diy plywood flooring project.
One floor is oak strip.
The plywood would be softer than the oak flooring so it s a bit more prone to dings scratches but i think the paint would hold up about the same as it has on the oak.
To install plywood flooring you need the nails to sink into the joists and nowhere else.
This project was the truest sense of diy.
People who want a very polished sleek floor should not install a plywood floor.
Our plywood pretty week is coming to a close and there s one topic we haven t covered yet.
We have 1940s linoleum tile flooring probably asbestos but who knows that i was planning to go over.
We have oak strip flooring in the living room and dining room and ugly tile they ripped up the oak strip flooring in the hallway on the first floor.
