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All of the particle board has been removed. We are laying the plywood on top of those planks in the picture I posted earlier. I don't know how much off from being flush two of the pieces are. I would have to measure to see. Actually that particle board appeared to be very dry except for...

Here is the dilemma...........if I were going to tear out all those existing planks, then I am left with nothing but sleepers on top of concrete. The room is already framed and had flooring on it previously. Any deviation from what was there previously will create an elevation change, and that...

I have uploaded pictures of the ongoing progress in an album here on the forum.

Bud, you will be happy to hear that my husband and I have decided to follow your suggestion of building the wall first, then raising and shimming into place. He removed all the furring strips from the long wall last week. I am wondering if we should remove that board that was being used as...

OK, we bought some 19/32" plywood to put down over the planks that are on top of sleepers, and I have a question.............the plywood isn't precisely uniform. Where the seams meet, there is some unevenness. How should we address this?

What is that then in that picture with the foam green paint? Is it fascia? That would have been the exterior of the house before the previous owners converted it to a living area. If it is not some type of header, then what exactly is it? It is only covered by paint. It's not crown molding...

Bud, people around here used to convert their garages/carports to living areas all the time back in the 70s. My parents did. But their garage was drywalled all around expect where the garage door was. They just carpeted and hung that yucky dark brown paneling around the room after the...

Bud, I will take another picture of the floor from a different angle for you and post it in my remodel album here at the site; perhaps that will give you a better look.

This is what I know..........I know that it is not recommended by the flooring manufacturer to install laminate flooring over a sleeper constructed subfloor due to not having 18" of ventilation space. However, they will tell you that you can install laminate or hardwood flooring over concrete...

Are you saying those are fascia? Those aren't two by fours on the wall. They are furring strips. They were attached to the wall for hanging paneling when the conversion was done. Those two brick walls at one time were the exterior walls I believe of a carport. It's not that hard to...

I don't believe we have the necessary space to be able to construct, then raise the wall. The ceilings are 10 ft high. I also believe we are going to run into another problem, and that would be with those what I am assuming are headers at the top of three of the walls. You can see the foam...

Nestor, the baseboard has already been removed. This is a complete gutting of our living room. http://www.houserepairtalk.com/f39/hi-tennessee-9043/#post43585

These boards are nailed to sleepers secured to a concrete slab. I'm sure that was the reason for them being underneath the particle board. All I need is something to lay over top of those boards, and it may appear that the wood is cupping from that picture, but after removing the particle...

My husband and I looked around at Lowes yesterday, but we didn't see any subfloor/underlayment material of 5/8" thickness. I wonder how much difference it would make to use something thicker than that.........

This is a converted carport. There are joists under the planks there in the picture which are somehow, I am assuming, attached to the concrete floor of the previous carport/garage. The particle board we removed from the floor was 5/8". We measured it yesterday. We will probably remove the...

Actually, the particle board covers all of that plank style that you see in the picture. There was carpet on top of that. We have removed all of the carpet. What I'm driving at here is would we necessarily need to put something of a thickness of 3/4" plywood or could we go with something...

Yesterday my brother decided to pull up a piece of the particle board in the living room, (which is a converted carport/garage) and found this underneath. The plan is to install laminate flooring over the entire floor including the stairs. Don't worry, I only have 3 steps down. My question is...

After doing some extensive research, I believe I know the proper way to approach this monstrous job. Perhaps someone can correct me if there is a better way, but this is what I found on another website. Basement Walls How to Frame Basement Walls | eHow.com Does this not sound logical to...

OK, I have the pics on my computer. I can start an album here and you can look at them there. That way I won't have put any pics in the thread. But I will post one here so you can see what I'm talking about. Glad to see someone from Tennessee is answering my posts. Thanks a bunch.

Here is another link......hopefully this one will work. I will try it myself to see. Sorry the link doesn't work.