Bruce Hardwood Over Osb

Ensure that no fasteners are exposed or raised and that there is at least an 1 8 inch gap between osb subfloor panels.

Bruce hardwood over osb.

A benefit to using staples over glue is that it can be walked on immediately. My subfloor above grade consists of 23 32 sturd i floor osb over 24 oc joists. Moisture contents of osb subflooring must be established prior to hardwood flooring installations. Install 23 32 inch or thicker osb panels in the proper orientation that is with the side marked this side down facing down.

In the event the moisture differential between the osb and hardwood is too great at the time of installation problems can arise. Especially if you are using a stapler to install the wood. 1 should i use barbed nails or staples. I ve heard of problems with nails not holding in osb all that well.

Hardwood flooring will not stabilize the osb subfloor so all movement must be remedied prior to hardwood installation. There may be some exceptions to engineered floors that can be stapled down check product instructions. 2 is there any advantage to. Main concern is nails staples coming loose from the osb over time.

I will be installing bruce unfinished 3 4 strip flooring this weekend. Osb is fine as a subfloor structurally but imo it won t hold a nail or staple as well as spruce plywood. Flooring is attached with staples to the subfloor which can be plywood oriented strand board osb high density particle board or even existing wood flooring.