Hardwood Floor Sleepers

Most codes require the minimum ceiling height of a room to be 7 feet 6 inches.

Hardwood floor sleepers.

The appropriate thickness is 5 8 inch and deck screws are used to fasten each 4 by 8 inch sheet to the frame. Using a combination of sleepers and plywood as a base for hardwood flooring raises the floor height significantly potentially making the ceiling in that room too low or creating step up problems at doorways and transitions to other rooms. Lay a 4 foot level across the sleepers to make sure they lie on the same plane. Layers of asphalt felt with asphalt mastic or 6 mil polyethylene sheathing are some of the choices.

Plywood subfloor shall be 15 32 x 4 x 8 apa or flooring manufacturer approved equivalent rated sheathing exposure 1 minimum 4 ply or per mfma flooring manufacturer design. Tropical hardwood untreated reclaimed sleepers are usually straight and make good rustic edging garden features and retaining walls where an attractive seasoned look is required. Program the thermostat to a maximum of 81 f 26 5 c to avoid drying out the wood or causing warping. They are extremely hard durable strong and suitable for load bearing applications.

Tongue and groove plywood is used to create the floor of the sleeper frame. Used hardwood sleeper 250 x 160 x 2600mm grade a1 34 44 ex vat each 41 33 inc vat each sign in for trade prices view product. Cushioned sleepers shall be 2 x 3 x 4 nominal kd hemlock spruce pine or fir with pads as supplied by flooring manufacturer. When the leveling compound has cured install the hardwood flooring by attaching it to the wood sleepers only.

Insert cedar shims to raise the sleepers at low spots. Fasten the sleepers through the shims with powder actuated fasteners. Vapor retarder with solid hardwood floors a proper vapor retarder must be installed on top of the slab to make sure normal slab moisture does not reach the finished floor.