Faux Plank Floor Using One Sheet Of Thin Plywood

Since plywood comes in standard 4 x 8 feet sheets we were able to get eight 6 inch by 8 foot strips of plywood to use as our planks the eighth strip was about 5 1 2 inches wide because you loose some width due to the size of the blade when cutting some of the cut edges may be a little rough and need a little sanding.

Faux plank floor using one sheet of thin plywood.

Although you want the finished floor to resemble wood grain leaving the plywood grain exposed will belie the painted effect you create because the grain of some sheets runs perpendicular to the the painted grain. To hide the plywood grain mix dilute floor leveling compound and spread it over the whole floor using a 6 inch drywall knife. And so i decided i d take my handheld sander with the 60 grit sandpaper i had left over and just sit on the floor and painstakingly go up and down each faux plank avoiding the sharpie lines. Typically you can rent a sander and sand the floor before drawing all these lines however i am far too broke to even rent a sander then buy the paper.

Lay down 4 mil poly on the floor then either build the floor with 2x4s and then 3 4 ply for finished look or use ceiling strapping it s 3 4 thick lay it flat and drill in to concrete to secure making sure concrete screws are below wood surface. Mickey burkeen 9 jul 2019 reply we have an ugly wall that i would love to cover but it will be taken out in a few years. Plywood sheets are 4 8 which is 32 square feet. We needed to install about 800 square feet of flooring up in the studio space with the attached bedroom and balcony.

An inexpensive alternative to real plank flooring is to fake it with a faux wood paint technique on a plywood. She did one wall of a tiny room 3 sheets of plywood at bucks a piece she rounded to 30 from 33 as she admitted and she got the paint for free. Our plywood pretty week is coming to a close and there s one topic we haven t covered yet. While we love our hardwood floors we know that not every diyer has the budget and if we re keeping it real not every project is worth the splurge for higher end flooring we ve talked about and heard from our readers over on facebook about plywood plank flooring too.

At less than 18 per sheet my price per square foot came in at about 50 cents which is complete insanity. Using a beautiful wood grain 4x8 plywood tongue and groove sheets for my floor but would like to make it look like its in plank form without having to cut wood.