Hardwood or plywood
by
Connie
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We are about to redo the floors in my house, the house was built in 1980 with cedar wood walls. There is this ugly dingy carpet down that we need to remove. I am trying to figure out if this is hardwood or plywood on the floors and if I can just get it sanded and stained.
This is under the carpet
The walls and carpet now
7 answers
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Looks like plywood to me. You could sand it and put a design to it and stain it but don't really know. Plywood was much better made back in the 80's than now so it might work great.
Wanda McMurray
on Aug 02, 2015
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You need to pull back a larger area to expose more board. Plywood is a sheet board, hardwood are planks.
Tu Clarke
on Aug 02, 2015
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Looks like plywood, look to see if there screws visible from the top. That should give you the answer.
Sharon Maysfield
on Aug 03, 2015
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I can tell by comparing the carpet strip nails to the size of the wood that it's a plywood sub floor you are seeing. It could be cleaned up and stained, but a solid wood floor would look nicer.
Z
on Aug 03, 2015
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Looks like plywood. You could still clean, paint or stain.
Blair
on Aug 03, 2015
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Just depends on how much you want to spend and how extra good you want it to look. Hardwood is more serviceable. I love hardwood floors but much more expensive.
Wanda McMurray
on Aug 04, 2015
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Look's like a line of face nails 8 to 10 in. from the end so I would say plywood .
Alton
on Aug 05, 2015
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