Comments on: Plywood floors for a hardwood look at around $1 per sqft https://dfarq.homeip.net/plywood-floors-for-a-hardwood-look-at-around-1-per-sqft/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=plywood-floors-for-a-hardwood-look-at-around-1-per-sqft David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Thu, 02 Jul 2015 01:47:30 +0000 hourly 1 By: Glaurung https://dfarq.homeip.net/plywood-floors-for-a-hardwood-look-at-around-1-per-sqft/#comment-42705 Thu, 02 Jul 2015 01:47:30 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7755#comment-42705 That sounds like it will work spectacularly poorly. 1, plywood is made from pine; wooden flooring is made from hardwood. So your cheap planks are going to wear down a lot fastrr than the real thing.

Second, The tongues and grooves in real hardwood flooring are there for a reason. Without them, over time you’re going to get increasingly uneven, bumpy floors. Of course you could make tongues and grooves on your homemade plywood flooring, but once you do that, the added labour probably pushes the real cost into the neighbourhood of proper hardwood flooring.

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