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OSB & Tile Flooring Project

2 years ago

Hi, we started redecorating our home before covid set in and had to put a lot of things on hold. One of them was redoing our flooring. We have about 1200 sq/ft downstairs and the house sits on a concrete slab, so here is no basement. The house was built in '75 and the last owner had put down a faux wood flooring of some kind. It was going bad so we tore it all out, cleaned up the concrete and the proceeded to put down a moisture barrier, a Dricore style underlayment and then OSB tongue and groove with the intention of putting some kind of flooring on top of it.


Long story short, after a few years the osb expanded, which wasn't a problem as far as how it was installed because we left 1/8-1/4 gaps. The challenge is that when we went back to remove and complete the rest of the flooring the osb had expanded upward about 3/16 so the new boards which are about 9/16 don't line up very well.


We decided we wanted to go with tile so the floor has to be flat. I'm following the 6-10 ft gap rules and was planning to sand the seams where it had raised. The challenge I'm faced with is the new osb fitting the old and I'm wondering if I need to tear it all out or if there's a way to salvage what I have. So I was hoping to get some advice from anyone with experience with this type of situation.


Thanks.

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