Richard from SE AZ
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Does a mobile home need underlayment when installing laminate flooring ? My wife does not like the soft spongy feeling when laminate flooring has the underlayment. We live in South East Arizona so moisture is not a concern.
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Tony in SD
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Easy answer, Make you wife happy! Especially when moisture is not a concern.
Stephen Newell
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A lot of mobile homes have a particleboard sub-floor. If you'res does I would put down a plywood underlayment before putting down a laminate floor over it. It would make a really spongy spot if the particleboard fails.
Steve@Advance
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I agree with Stephen. Any time there is a chance to beef up something on a mobile home, do it!
I would also follow the floor mfg requirements once you get a solid floor to work on.
I would also follow the floor mfg requirements once you get a solid floor to work on.
kcm.MN
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Agree with both. Adding plywood (or at least OSB) between the original subfloor and the new flooring will serve many purposes, most of all helping to keep both of you happy.
Mule Meat
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I always use a product called [b:9f8f909f53]RevolutionPly[/b:9f8f909f53] to put over particleboard before installing any type of flooring. It is a 5mm thick, 4'x8' type of plywood that is very smooth on both sides.it can be glued or screwed down. Myself I like using a little of both and tape the seams with Gorilla tape.
If you are 100% sure that moisture will not be a problem. You will be fine without underlayment.
If you have indoor pets. I would not reccomend any type or brand of laminate flooring for even a small amount of pet urine is like pouring battery acid of aluninum engine parts. It will swell at the seams and puff up like cat tails in a frog pond.. Spend the extra on something like CoreTec Plus ninyl flooring. 100% water proof, can be installed anywhere in a home, lifetime warranty.
If you are 100% sure that moisture will not be a problem. You will be fine without underlayment.
If you have indoor pets. I would not reccomend any type or brand of laminate flooring for even a small amount of pet urine is like pouring battery acid of aluninum engine parts. It will swell at the seams and puff up like cat tails in a frog pond.. Spend the extra on something like CoreTec Plus ninyl flooring. 100% water proof, can be installed anywhere in a home, lifetime warranty.
Geo-TH,In
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Daughter had it in her living room on a slab floor. Laundry room leaked water. Water got under living room floor and floor buckled.
Sister had laminate flooring in her trailer made sounds when she walked on it. So you may need underlayment to keep floor from talking.
My other sister put Allure flooring in her trailer in Florida. Looks like real wood. Didn't make any creaking sounds when walking on it. I never used it, but would consider putting it down in rental if I have to replace carpet in the future.
I put a porcelain tile in other sisters trailer over 3/4 inch plywood. That floor doesn't make a sound. Hasn't had a problem in 15 years. No cracking. Used 4.5 inch square tile. Larger tiles in trailers will pop up or crack because sub floor flexing.
If you don't put an underlayment pad down the floor will very loud when you walk on it. The purpose of the underlayment padding was to deaden the sound. Pergo used to make a solid underlayment for their laminate floor came in 3x3 sheets or similar about 3/8 thick it was the sound absorber of all the underpayments, but was much more expensive to buy and have installed than padding in a roll. I think they discontinued that product years ago . So if can stand the noise you don't need the pad, but laminate by its nature is very dense and hard and will make a loud clicking when walk on it with shoes.
I just installed that flooring last year we kept getting sick is now removed and in dumpster it put house high levels of formaldyhyde. ,never use vinyl laminated again, it also was very noisey. it was mohawk brand. go with Tarkett or cordean really nice and not cold or noisey can be in wet or dry areas
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