Hardwood Flooring over Hardwood Flooring
Hello all,
I have installed a number of prefinished hardwood floors for friends and family members with much success, so I am familiar with the basics. Every time, the flooring was installed over the subfloor. My house is a little different. For a couple of important reasons (the most important one not being laziness) I will not be ripping up the old hardwood before installing the new hardwood.
I will be installing prefinished, tongue and groove hardwood. When installing the new hardwood planks over the old I will be running them in the same direction. The old floor uses 2.25" planks and I was thinking of using the 2.25" as well.
Will I run into any structural problems (i.e. lifting or separation between planks) down the road because the new and old planks are the same size running in the same direction? If so, would going with the 3.25" for the new planks help?