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villagewinery t1_j6neoet wrote

Nails will not hold in particle board. What part of that don't you understand. You have a house full of loose floorboards probably.

The flooring should be easy to pull up in those two rooms and replace with plywood.

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No-Nobody-273 OP t1_j6nwi5r wrote

>Sorry - not sure why this sub-thread is not allowing me to add pics? I can usually add them but no option for some weird reason.
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>But I pulled up some of the particleboard and there is no subfloor under it. It is old school floor boards (~9 in wide) that run perpendicular to the joists. So looks like I should put down a new reliable subfloor. Thanks for helping me make the right decision.

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