underlayment

Hi Everyone, This is my first post here...nice to meet you! I am planning on putting vinyl plank down in my kitchen. I have the floor torn up with the subfloor exposed. The house was built in the 50s. The subfloor has old pine boards on the majority of it, and plywood down on one section. The...

Hi - hoping someone here can help since I've received 5 different opinions from 5 different reps at various wholesale flooring sites. We're looking to install 5mm luxury vinyl plank flooring in our basement, which has a concrete subfloor. This is the floor in case it helps...

Replacing shower and decided to redo bathroom flooring at same time. Got the tile up and there is something that appears to be thin Gypsum or drywall (1/4 in.) Is this normal? Just a different underlayment? I only ask because the previous owner tried flipping this house and messed up several...

Hi everyone, I've been searching everywhere and havent found an answer and sorry if I'm posting in the wrong section but this is my issue. I just removed old carpet from my basement bedroom, the foam underlayment was very tough to remove even after scraping. I want to instal either tile or...

Our hardwood floors were installed about three years go. They out a layer of cork down to help out with sound insulation. However, I'm pretty sure they nailed down the hardwood. My understanding is that likely negated the effect of the cork on sound prevention by as much as 50% However, what...

I did a 48 hr moisture test and the concrete is dry (40 years old, but partly below ground level.) I have 5.5 mm engineered vinyl planks. I also have some leftover 3 mm and 4 mm felt underlayment with a vapor barrier attached. I read I should use a vapor barrier over concrete, but the...