Flooring Advice
rberesh73
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Flooring advice for unheated garage floor attic den
Comments (4)So you are not planning on 'conditioning' the space? No heat. No air-conditioning or humidity control? At all? Ever? Not much can handle those conditions. In fact, to be called "indoor" most flooring products are only required to "handle" conditions that are considered "indoor living" conditions. That means: 1. Humidity range to be maintained between 35% - 65% (preferably maintained at a set humidity level WITHOUT massive swings). A large swing would be considered more than 10% variation (as in 40% in winter to 55% in summer...etc). 2. Temperature range between 60 deg.F and 82 deg.F (17 C - 25 C) - again the temperature will be MAINTAINED without MASSIVE SWINGS. A big swing would be 60F in winter to 75F in summer. As you can see, if your space goes long periods without heating/cooling then you are creating an 'indoor-outdoor' living space which then requires the 'indoor-outdoor' products. Which means we start looking at outdoor porcelain tiles or finished concrete, or "indoor-outdoor" carpet, etc. None of the click-together flooring products will work. A permanent floor like Maple will work but you MUST be prepared for BIG GAPS in winter and BOWING or CROWNING or WARPING in summer. In a nut shell, indoor carpet is the most likely to survive for any length of time if you do not plan to PERMANENTLY heat/cool this space. It's just the way it is....See Moreadvice are cabinets dated can I paint countertops and flooring advice
Comments (1)Some questions need to be answered first: 1. What is your style? 2. I’m seeing tile and something else in the kitchen. What flooring domyou have in each room? 3. It looks like some cabinets have already been painted. Are your starting over or are those to remain as is? 4. Are you keeping the wall paint?...See MoreFlooring advice for my 1950s half bathroom
Comments (9)Personally I would go with OSB and Ditra. In a 1970s house under old tile I actually left the 2" of cement and put Ditra over top of that. In all of the other installations in that house and another 1950s house, I've done Ditra over OSB. The Schluter Ditra handbook has specs on what substrate is required underneath tile based on floor joist spacing. https://sccpublic.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/sys-master/images/h49/hc9/9377431257118/DITRA%20Installation%20Handbook.pdf Personally, I would go with OSB and Ditra for simplicity and durability. I've been really pleased with 5 different DIY installations of tile over Ditra. It's easy and works really well....See Moreneed flooring advice
Comments (3)At least then put a link tot he ,main post and tell people not to add to this and your other non-needed posts. But the flag in the lower right corner, click on it and there should be a delete button....See Morerberesh73
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