There may be some exceptions to engineered floors that can be stapled down check product instructions.
Bruce hardwood over osb.
I ve heard of problems with nails not holding in osb all that well.
I will be installing bruce unfinished 3 4 strip flooring this weekend.
Hardwood flooring will not stabilize the osb subfloor so all movement must be remedied prior to hardwood installation.
Osb is fine as a subfloor structurally but imo it won t hold a nail or staple as well as spruce plywood.
Osb that has absorbed moisture on the jobsite shrinks as it dries which can loosen around nails and staples that attach the hardwood flooring.
1 should i use barbed nails or staples.
Moisture contents of osb subflooring must be established prior to hardwood flooring installations.
Especially if you are using a stapler to install the wood.
In the event the moisture differential between the osb and hardwood is too great at the time of installation problems can arise.
Ensure that no fasteners are exposed or raised and that there is at least an 1 8 inch gap between osb subfloor panels.
2 is there any advantage to.
Tap tongue and groove sheets together with a hammer but leave a.
I would not install hardwood directly over osb.
Main concern is nails staples coming loose from the osb over time.
My subfloor above grade consists of 23 32 sturd i floor osb over 24 oc joists.