Can I Run Hardwood Floor Parallel To Joists

I have added 7 16 osb to the t g and plan on putting 2 8 blocking every 24.
Can i run hardwood floor parallel to joists. There is a steel i going through the middle of the house. The flooring is 3 4 t g nailed directly to the floor joist. 3 4 plywood over joists 12 oc should be quite stiff enough. A flooring contractor howard brickman responds.
The floor joist are rough cut 2 8 spaced 24 oc with a 8 span. I believe the national wood flooring association recommends a glued 5 8 1 2 subfloor combination for a parallel application. Will this support new 3 4 t g running parallel to floor joist. The span is about 14 feet from foundation.
Discussion starter 1 dec 31 2015. The subfloor is tji joists with 3 4 t g osb glued and screwed. If the subfloor is stiff enough there is no reason why solid nail down strip flooring can t be run parallel to the joists. I have always installed hardwood flooring perpendicular to the floor joists.
One of the problems when running parallel is that if some joists are higher than others you get a roll in the floor lengthwise that makes the floor very difficult to sand and it can be seen. Just be sure to flatten the subfloors. My question pertains to an upcoming job. Joist spacing will be 16 oc tji and subfloor will be 3 4 ply.
The most common way to lay install hardwood flooring is by aligning the planks parallel to the longest wall or run in the installation. I have a 80 year old home. Older houses with 1 inch planks running diagonally to the joists can support flooring planks running parallel to the joists. I have a client that would like their 3 4 birch flooring to run parallel to the joists.
Flooring is tbd but will probably be either 3 4 hardwood or 1 2 engineered. Hardwood floor installed parallel to joists what are my options to fix it. If the subfloor is a concrete pad these structural considerations don. Jump to latest follow 1 5 of 5 posts.
This is on the first floor the sub is plywood and the house has an unfinished basement. Apart from a few exceptions like sagging joists this is the preferred direction to lay wood floors because it provides the best result aesthetically.