I am currently remodeling our kitchen. Our house is wood frame with a basement and two floors above that was built in 1978. The kitchen is on the main floor with the basement below. The original floors had 21/32" plywood as a sub floor--then 21/32" particle board on top of that--then sheet linoleum as a finished flooring.
The particle board has deteriorated over the years in several places where water leaks have caused some problems. My local lumber yard told me to remove the particle board and replace it with "Advantech". (I live in a rural area with a population of about 4,000 people. The nearest Lowe's or Homedepot is about 1-1/2 hours away.)
Anyway--I want to remove the particle board but when I called the company that makes Advantech they told me that the linoleum companies will not warranty their products if I were to install it over the Advantech. They that is a problem I do not know--I guess that I will be calling Huber back to find out.
Plus I have another problem--the old particle board is 21/32" thick-- and the Advantech is 23/32" thick. I plan on replacing the old particle board everywhere EXCEPT in the one bedroom and the bathroom on the main floor. So I need to match the thickness (21/32") as close as I can. I would rather not go thicker than 21/32". I think that it would be better to stay at 19/32" so that I could shim up the NEW layer of plywood (or whatever I use) to meet the old particle that will remain in the bathroom and the one bedroom.
If I need to replace the particle board with plywood then so be it. However, I am getting all kinds of information from the lumber yards in my area--like "you can't get 19/32" plywood that is finished on one side"--"oh sure you can use 5/8" OSB and put linoleum on top of it without installing an underlayment"--"we put linoleum over Advantech all of the time and have not had any problems".....etc etc
Any help is appreciated....
The particle board has deteriorated over the years in several places where water leaks have caused some problems. My local lumber yard told me to remove the particle board and replace it with "Advantech". (I live in a rural area with a population of about 4,000 people. The nearest Lowe's or Homedepot is about 1-1/2 hours away.)
Anyway--I want to remove the particle board but when I called the company that makes Advantech they told me that the linoleum companies will not warranty their products if I were to install it over the Advantech. They that is a problem I do not know--I guess that I will be calling Huber back to find out.
Plus I have another problem--the old particle board is 21/32" thick-- and the Advantech is 23/32" thick. I plan on replacing the old particle board everywhere EXCEPT in the one bedroom and the bathroom on the main floor. So I need to match the thickness (21/32") as close as I can. I would rather not go thicker than 21/32". I think that it would be better to stay at 19/32" so that I could shim up the NEW layer of plywood (or whatever I use) to meet the old particle that will remain in the bathroom and the one bedroom.
If I need to replace the particle board with plywood then so be it. However, I am getting all kinds of information from the lumber yards in my area--like "you can't get 19/32" plywood that is finished on one side"--"oh sure you can use 5/8" OSB and put linoleum on top of it without installing an underlayment"--"we put linoleum over Advantech all of the time and have not had any problems".....etc etc
Any help is appreciated....