Old Hardwood Floor Thickness
As the name implies solid hardwood flooring is one solid piece of wood sawn from a log.
Old hardwood floor thickness. Older homes often have even thicker boards pre 1850 houses can have floors as thick as 11 8. My daughter bought a house built in the 70 s and has the really thin wood floors and they are in poor condition especially the hallway. It also takes off less wood. Because solid floors expand more when exposed to moisture than engineered floors you can only install them over a plywood subfloor at or above ground level.
Solid hardwood comes in three types of cuts. If the subfloor is the same in both rooms connecting the two rooms with an even floor shouldn t be difficult. 3 4 inch solid this is a 3 4 inch thick solid piece of hardwood floor and what you might typically think of for hardwood floors. The thickness of hardwood flooring boards is known as the profile and profiles vary.
Oct 04 at 7 19 am. The standard thickness is but there are also options 5 16 and thick. There are hundreds of styles and colors available. I refinished what was the old wood subflooring wood floors.