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Prepare and Level the Subfloor

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Watch Out For This When Redoing Floors In an Old House

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What happens here

After removing the old flooring, the subfloor needs thorough preparation. The presenter uses a hammer to pound down any loose nails or areas where the subfloor is popping up, addressing squeaks in the process. He then levels a section in a closet where particle board and carpet created an uneven height by cutting out a 2x4 and installing a piece of OSB (Oriented Strand Board) to match the surrounding subfloor thickness. In another room, he uses a power planer to shave down high spots on the subfloor, indicating a previous water damage issue, to achieve a perfectly flat surface.

Goal: Ensure the subfloor is clean, flat, and free of imperfections for new flooring installation.

Tools and materials

  • Circular Saw
  • Hammer
  • Pencil
  • Power Planer
  • Pry Bar
  • Tape Measure
  • 2x4 Lumber
  • OSB Board

What they say

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[Music] it of course things can't ever go smooth on this house so the flooring is clear finally uh and the closet he just has this 2x4 right here uh and he had a piece of particle board kind of elevating with some carpet so essentially there's a inch and a half step into the closet and the particle board broke cuz obviously there's not enough support um I got to cut that 2x4 off lay the OSB flooring that will match that thickness and then I can actually start bringing flooring in here but I'm just saying like pick a project and none of it's going right just because how old this house is and just all the speed bumps along the [Music] way much better all right we got everything clean uh I nailed everything that was popping back out and I kind of did a walk through to make sure that any kind of squeaks that are still there that they're nice and tight uh flooring let's talk about flooring so this Behemoth is

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