Hardwood flooring may cost you big be on the money saving track and use plywood to save a lot of money you would have spent on the wood flooring.
Plywood to hardwood looking floors.
While hardwood is solid all the way through plywood consists of multiple thicknesses of thin wood veneer layered at angles and then glued and compressed under heat to form a strong laminated.
Floors from plywood to hardwood look.
Plywood is very porous and can absorb a lot of.
Staggered is more natural if you want it to look like a true hardwood floor.
How to make a plywood floor look like a hardwood floor hunker level and seal your plywood floor sand it and paint wood grain with a rocking tool to make it look like hardwood.
You don t want lifting or squeaking to ruin the hardwood effect.
Sink every screw and nail at least 1 16 inch into the wood so you can cover the head with filler.
Prime the plywood by applying a latex primer with a paint roller.
With that in mind you need to leave a 3 8 gap between.
I used a brad nailer to attach each board.
When you start your placement keep in mind that wood will shrink and swell with temperature changes.