Did I get myself into trouble?

[bosleybeebop]

I poly'd my subfloor (anticipating having to set it on the rain before I was able to finish my build). Now that I have the walls/roof up I am wanting to put down either a hardwood/vinyl tile and I'm starting to think about adhesion. Ideally, I would use woodglue fastened on the studs for a hardwood floor. Knowing, glue first then poly...do I try and sand the poly finish off? I believe some of the new vinyl products use a sort of butyl/foam backer with adhesive.

Open to flooring suggesting and adhesives. I need to overcome some bolt heads as well that are not flush fit (had to leave them proud bcuz of ply/foam/ply sandwich)

[friz]

You could try a carriage bolt instead.

[booyah]

I would test out a peal and stick flooring solution... a lot of those are made to go over slick floors (existing linoleum etc). If you need to glue something, you can always sand off the poly, but it might suck...

[booyah]

some of the peel and sticks look pretty nice, heres mine from my build and its holding up well so far (been over a year)

[Dale M.]

To replace bolt heads sticking up, you could try "elevator bolts"... Might even counter sink it a bit with "spade bit" if it compresses floor (foam) to much before becoming flush...

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Might look at local sources first for the bolts...
Here is one source, but with internet access got to be 100 places to find what works best...

http://www.mutualscrew.com/Elevator-Bol ... 11955.html

To break the sheen of the poly and increase adhesion, scuff with sand paper, once it is a bit scuffed adhesion increases...

Dale

[bosleybeebop]

Great info! How do you tighten a carriage/elevator bolt when tightening into something a soft as 1/4" ply?

[tony.latham]

Great info! How do you tighten a carriage/elevator bolt when tightening into something a soft as 1/4" ply?

Prong washers. I assume that you've got something else between your plywood and your frame like 3/4" of pine or something?



Try ACE hardware.

Tony

[Esteban]

boltdepot.com/Elevator_bolts

[Kharn]

Great info! How do you tighten a carriage/elevator bolt when tightening into something a soft as 1/4" ply?

Prong washers. I assume that you've got something else between your plywood and your frame like 3/4" of pine or something?



Try ACE hardware.

Tony

Also known as "torque washers"

[capnTelescope]

I covered my floor with a coat of exterior gloss paint, and a wall to wall mattress. Bolt heads, shoddy paint job? No problem, it's all hidden.