My dad is rebuild his home and he wants to know if he should use 1″ or 3/4″ plywood for his subfloors.
The framing crew i work for always uses 3/4″ but he said a contractor friend of his said the 1″ is wort the extra $$$.
My dad is rebuild his home and he wants to know if he should use 1″ or 3/4″ plywood for his subfloors.
The framing crew i work for always uses 3/4″ but he said a contractor friend of his said the 1″ is wort the extra $$$.
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What is he using for joists, what is the joist spacing, and what is the finish floor?
Jon Blakemore
RappahannockINC.com Fredericksburg, VA
2x12 joist on first floor, truss on second floor. Wood floor, maby some tile, no carpet. spacing 16 o.c.
Edited 5/1/2006 6:49 pm ET by John Bissell
For the first floor, 3/4" ply would be sufficient, 1" would be nice.For the second floor I would step up to 1" because you have floor trusses which I assume are spaced 24" o.c.
Jon Blakemore RappahannockINC.com Fredericksburg, VA
You might want to check on the availability of it. My guess is that is is gonna be special order. That alone will add another $ to your $$$. If I wanted to do something like that, I think I'd be more likely to go with a 2 layer floor.
BTW - this is an ongoing debate, but personally I think there is a much better product out there than plywood. So as not to beat a dead horse, I'm not even gonna metnion the name of it.
Seems the increased depth and spacing of joists to efficiently provide the strength for a horse would be cost prohibitive.
be seeing that's some serious dead weight there
half of good living is staying out of bad situations
Yeah, I'd think two layers of 1/2" would make more sense, with the joints offset, and possibly with glue between them.
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Actually, I'd still want the first layer to be T&G.
i install modular homes ,and buy them from the best supplier i could find.they have plywood options for subfloors,but when i asked for t&g subflooring the would not do it.so i settled on two layers of 1/2 inch ply screwed down with [hopefully]construction adhesive between.anyone have any experience with these types of systems?i know they make a 1 and an1/8" t&g ply but they don't want to use this.
matt
Seems odd that they won't do T&G.
There is the 1 1/8" Advantech. I have seen my local Home Depot stock it. Personally I would go for the 1" or greater.
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