Tar Paper Under Hardwood

Tar paper is used under hardwood floors for moisture and squeak control.

Tar paper under hardwood.

I believe tar paper under wood floor or cabinets is an old and effective preventive against termites. You will need to install it under your wood floors if a padding is not already attached to the hardwood planks. Many homeowners find that they have beautiful wood floors hidden beneath this tar paper. Tar paper is a floor underlayment that was used throughout much of the 20th century.

The old cabinets were riddled with termites only paint holding them together. If applied properly you will not smell cat smell anymore and any new pets will not detect it either. Asphalt felt paper is installed by rolling out on the subfloor before installing nail down products. Should i use tar paper under the new floor.

Many models of hardwood planks have dampening foam already attached. Ken szmyt via email none. Asphalt saturated felt paper is used for two reasons. I recommend using it.

As a last point i really don t like using tar paper as a hardwood floor underlayment under any conditions as my personal hangup is that it adds toxins to the home environment that i don t want to breath. It s a moisture retarder and it helps to diminish noise caused by wood to wood contact. Felt paper is installed under hardwood flooring to provide an extra layer of moisture protection and also to dampen sound. The original pine strip flooring was laid over tar paper.

Waxed paper underlayment for wood flooring. While overlapping of underlayment on the 15 is often up for debate the 30 pound product will be too thick for this purpose and should be butted together. Charles peterson owner of connecticut premier hardwoods replies. If its not necessary then why expose your body to this element.

Engineered hardwood 2 laminate 1 solid hardwood 1 stone 1 tile 1. Our installer did this when installing our new cabinets in a condo several years ago and we have had no bug problem since.