Build Your Own Hardwood Floor

Mop the floor with the damp not saturated mop.

Build your own hardwood floor. Fasten your pieces of plywood together with hinges to make it easier to transport and store. Use plywood for your dance floor surface and finish it with polyurethane sealant to make it shiny and more resilient. With the proper tools and a bit of hard work you can make your own. The best hardwood floor has a good subfloor.

Make sure there are no squeaks in the floor. Place the lip of your pneumatic nail gun over the edge of your hardwood. Make sure the ends of your boards never line up together and they re kept random. I am going to do this for my grandson s bedroom.

Without good subfloor installation your hardwood floor might be uneven creaky or gapped. Making your own flooring is a big step with alot of things to keep track of. If there s a squeak screw a long drywall screw into the sub floor and joist where the squeak occurs. An imperfect hardwood floor is annoying enough for everyday life but when you re building a custom dance floor these defects impact how easy it is to dance on the hardwood.

Minimum requirements are a 3 4 plywood sub floor. But i decided it wouldn t be a good idea for his bedroom because he has a cat and a dog and sometimes his floor gets wet and you certainly can t have that on a laminate floor. Allow to air dry or mop and buff with a dry cloth in sections to prevent streaks. Air dried won t cut it you want to keep the boards about 3 4 thick because you need about a 1 4 thick tongue with that wide a solid wood board.

Rinse replace and continue each time the pad gets dirty. Vacuum wood floors or dust dry mop with your microfiber mop. Remove shoe molding from the room and sweep and clean thoroughly. I like the idea of your floor.

Repeat this process until your entire floor is complete. Dampen the microfiber pad in your cleaning solution and wring it out very well. You can build your own dance floor with a few layers of flooring. I wouldn t buy anything over 8 moisture content.

Hardwood floors add warmth and beauty to your home.