ironspider
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Hello all, we are remodeling our kitchen (1963 ranch) and have torn out a dividing wall that seperated the old kitchen from the living room/dining room. The living room/dining room had carpet on the floor which we have ripped up. The plywood underneath it looks great. Now, in the kitchen, the previous owner had some hardwood (distressed very "boat/nautical-deck-style planks) which we pulled up. Under that we see a vinyl tile which is sitting on top of a 1/4" piece of plywood which is sitting on top of some other kind of tile which is sitting on top of a 5/8" piece of plywood. This 5/8" piece of plywood is the same height as the living room/dining room piece of plywood. Underneath the 5/8" piece of plywood is a 1/2" piece of plywood. Wow, that's a lot a fossil record or something!
So our plan is to prepare our kitchen floor so that we can use bamboo or hardwood to cover the new, larger, open space of all three areas. So we are cutting out all the tile and the 5/8" plywood in the kitchen (it would just be impossible to try and get these tiles up and who even knows what that tile attached directly to the 5/8" plywood is!) and then planning on putting new 5/8" plywood on top of the existing 1/2" plywood so that all three areas match up in "subfloor" height.
So I was cutting some of it out today and saw a green paint symbol under neat the 5/8" plywood (see attachment). I do not *think* this is tongue and groove plywood but I could be wrong? I guess I'll have to pay more attention and cut up a piece where I can investigate that. But when I go to get some new 5/8" plywood (we'll need about 5 sheets) I want to make sure I get the correct thing. So can anyone help me decipher this green symbol so that i don't get overwhelmed trying to explain what I need at the local lumber yard?
Lastly, for attaching the new plywood, it appears that this plywood is just atached to the floor joists using 2.5" ring shank nails--there is no construction adhesive anywhere. (The floors don't squeak or anything when I walk on the 1/2" plywood remaining there so maybe that is glued down?). Is this the preferred way to do this? Or are there more modern ways of attaching this down or better methods?
Thanks in advance!
So our plan is to prepare our kitchen floor so that we can use bamboo or hardwood to cover the new, larger, open space of all three areas. So we are cutting out all the tile and the 5/8" plywood in the kitchen (it would just be impossible to try and get these tiles up and who even knows what that tile attached directly to the 5/8" plywood is!) and then planning on putting new 5/8" plywood on top of the existing 1/2" plywood so that all three areas match up in "subfloor" height.
So I was cutting some of it out today and saw a green paint symbol under neat the 5/8" plywood (see attachment). I do not *think* this is tongue and groove plywood but I could be wrong? I guess I'll have to pay more attention and cut up a piece where I can investigate that. But when I go to get some new 5/8" plywood (we'll need about 5 sheets) I want to make sure I get the correct thing. So can anyone help me decipher this green symbol so that i don't get overwhelmed trying to explain what I need at the local lumber yard?
Lastly, for attaching the new plywood, it appears that this plywood is just atached to the floor joists using 2.5" ring shank nails--there is no construction adhesive anywhere. (The floors don't squeak or anything when I walk on the 1/2" plywood remaining there so maybe that is glued down?). Is this the preferred way to do this? Or are there more modern ways of attaching this down or better methods?
Thanks in advance!