Can You Install Hardwood Floors Over Particle Board. Once you have insured the particle is in good condition you are able to install any floating type flooring engineered hardwood strand woven bamboo or eucalyptus laminate or cork over the particle board. Before vinyl can be installed it is important that the particleboard must be completely smooth.
How to Install a Wooden Floor Over OSB. To clarify this is not OSB and this is not just a particle board overlay over plywood -- the entire subfloor is 34 particle board looks like oatmeal. Found out your subfloor is particle board.
Begin the process by vacuuming the Particle Board to remove all the dust and debris even the small ones.
I have just removed the carpet from the living room dining room and hallway. We go over the process of tearing out particleboard and replacing it with real plywood. Hardwood were installed over the 12 when they were new and had no. Particle board can absorb excessive moisture is very brittle and does not hold nails very well.
