DIY PLYWOOD FLOORS | how to make and install geometric plywood floors
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
- Today on Modern Builds we're using plywood to create an INSANE patterned wood floor with limited tools. If you want to learn more about why I used plywood instead of solid wood be sure to stick around until the end of the video where I go over that. If you want to make your own DIY hexagon patterned plywood floor, follow the link below to the written article on my website with PDF plans / templates for FREE
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Hey everybody!! I just read through all the comments and couldn't believe how encouraging and positive they were. Thanks a ton!! :)
Dang, this is one of the best examples of elevating a simple material you've done yet. Definitely a project you should be proud of.
Right on!! thanks Winson
@R F Is that true? How come?
@R F Not necessarily true. This is plywood, NOT solid wood. Very little expansion and contraction particularly in a temperature controlled house. Due to the various direction of the strands in the plywood movement is negligible. Also, the beauty of this floor is that it is easily repairable. Remove and individual tile that is damaged and fix your floor easily. Waaay harder with a solid hardware floor, plus a heck of a lot more expensive.
@R F I lived in a really cool carriage house with plywood floors and it withstood a ton of traffic. If you watch to the end of the video he explains why they chose plywood instead of regular wood--it doesn't expand and contract.
As an old floor covering contractor I must say I loved that finished look. I am glad that you installed it instead of me. Thanks for sharing!
Mark Bonham 😂
Did he wood putty all the seems?
killer project, Mike. That was a hell of a lot of work
Really pleasant manners, clear way of speaking and exelent behaviour over all. Also I could get small glimse, how by working hard and neticiously, one can achieve good results. Finished floor looks really good and video as an whole, is great inspiration for DIY projects
Very nice.
I helped my dad do this many years ago but we stained the plywood different shades before cutting it. When putting the pattern together the difference in shading of the plywood made it easier to put together and it looked amazing.
Keep up the great work.
God bless.
Mike, I can’t imagine how much work this was, but dude, it was well worth the effort. Great work!
No doubt!! Thanks Kris
I did once for a F&B in Malaysia. With white oak solid 22mm plywood underlay . The result is amazing ..
I've been looking for an alternative flooring for my living room and this fits the bill. I've seen plywood used before, but they just cut it into planks and truthfully it was BORING. I watched your concrete overlay video and was impressed so I thought I'd check your other stuff out. This one got you a new subscriber. It's so refreshing to see a guy that actually knows what he's doing! Too many making over someone else's videos for content instead of knowing and teaching their content. And such a young guy too. This old geezer is totally a fan!
Yo-that was truly a (literal) labor of love. Sooo much work for an awesome reward. Props to Modern Builds.
Hats off to your dedication and commitment to get this done! That's lot of work, but the result is amazing.
Cool as hell on a decent budget. I've done wood inlay and ceramic mosaic work all my 71 year old life and am addicted to pattern. You have a great attention to detail.
Certified BANGER! That’s beautiful, good job Mike!
Haha!! Nailed it
Someone really loves their parents. Seriously
Great job! I love the look and nothing about the job was incredibly complicated, but a heck of a lot of work. I can totally understand your comments about the monotony with cutting the pieces and laying them down. I like the comment you made on the podcast about being able to make adjustments if you started straying from a straight line with just a little trimming.
It is really a very nice job, it is all about details. The birch plywood color is quite uniform. If there are two colors, it will be much better. I used to do hexigon parquety for one project in Thailand with two colors, one is natural oil, the other is fumed oak. The effect is much better.
Mike,
This was an insanely unique idea. While it took time, I am sure they will appreciate the artistry that was included.
Great video!
Wonderful craftsmanship and film editing skills. Well done!
WOW WOW WOW !!!!!
NICE JOB !
You made something 'thrifty' look like a million bucks......my favourite thing to do. Well done.
Holy moly.....a beautiful end product....impressed with your commitment to the repetitive task maintaining attention to detail
Dude this video was AMAZING. Super inspired from this. Keep em coming man!!
Will do!!!
If you use Glitsa Wood flour cement you can just take all the saw dust you collected, mix it up with the clear wood flour cement and you will get the most accurate wood filler you need. Works perfectly for your situation.
Edit: p.s. Great video very inspiring!
Great job, I'm surprised how perfect plywood floor looks.. So simple material but so fine result.
I started watching because the pattern you used is also a very old quilt pattern(I'm a quilter). There are a lot of the simple (and not so simple) quilt patterns that would look really great as a kind of wood/mosaic floor. Great job.
This is the best use of plywood I've ever seen! Great job!
Im a professional floorman and ill be honest you did an amazing job. You should be very proud
Having done a similar project, it is important that you do a trial fit before you cut all of your pieces. It is mentioned in the video, but after he has already cut everything. I cut a dozen pieces and did a trial fit to check all of my angles and found out I was a little off, a simple correction and I had a perfect fit. I also stained my pieces before I installed them, having 3 different shades of color (actually I only stained 1/3rd a medium shade, 1/3rd darker, and left 1/3rd unstained). This allows for a really nice 3D effect when assembling the floor. It is more work, but I think it was worth it.
I love when people use plywood in unique ways. Plywood has such a negative reputation, even the nice stuff, so its so nice to see people use it in unique and exciting ways.
Oh, holy _~bleeping bleepety bleep,~_ I LOVE this idea! I mean REALLY love it! I've got the table saw and plenty of time on my hands, and a whole kitchen to redo the floors on. If I make sure the coating is one good for high traffic, this should be perfect for me!
My question is: engineered and floating floors are not fixed in place, because even if they do not expand and contract, the house will. So the pieces can raise without a tongue and groove or interlocking joint, causing the sharp acute angles to stick up over time.
Just a thought.
Yes please don't try this one...funny how many people will without doing a little bit of research haha.
Dude, you have the patience of a saint! It looks awesome.
I LOOOVED! THAT FLOORING
SUPER COOL! I think it would look fab in herringbone too.
I think birch makes this pattern look more pleasing to the eye and gives it a modern look instead of tacky. Nice job buddy :)
I just learned an amazing idea to make my own floor , l know it took you many hours of work, but at the end of the day the most valuable thing is how the satisfaction feels. It really worth it. "Thanks for the video"
Super clean! Great project, Mike!
I remodel houses for a living and do a lot of floors. Also Seen a lot of plywood floors on youtube. This is the first one that I really like and would consider doing. Thanks so much for this vid 👍🏾
💖💖💖💖💖 LOVE LOVE LOVE this flooring & that cubes illusions make it more opulence 👍🏻👍🏻
Your level of detail got you an instant subscription. Not your average plywood floors. Nice.
I've been thinking about doing something like this to a tabletop ! Glad to know that plywood wouldn't be a poor choice (and perhaps even a better one) in comparison to solid wood
Plywood is great as long as you don't have to do any deep sanding and it's a great choice over a glue down floor suck as concrete
This is pure Genius ! I would do this staining in three tones ,,,,, can't wait to do thsi somewhere ,, love ply !
This is a million dollar project ! Thank you for sharing this with us ♡
That looks awesome. I'd be worried about how board warping might lift up edges. Glad you did this so I can find out the results with no investment :)
totally!! hopefully glueing the edges of each piece should prevent that
I literally can’t even handle this. It is insanely cool but omg I am so not a perfectionist and I would never ever be able to do this. Major props.
It's definitely not perfect, but much appreciated!!
The juice was worth the squeeze. Nice job!
Oh. My. Glob. These are gorgeous. 😍
I wish I had somewhere in my house that needs new flooring so I could try this. Maybe we'll do a wall instead.
like a boss... that floor is like meditative, man.
Beautiful! Your parents will think of you with love each time they see the floor.
I love how you take something as simple as plywood and making a beautiful floor out of it!
It would have been really interesting if you used different kinds of plywood to boost the 3d effect that the hexagons create. Great work though!
Guess he aimed for "low key" padron instead of a strong one
That could be cool! I that's sort of what I was going for using the darker grained pieces for the "horizontal" paralellagrams
I agree or stained some of the pieces a shade or 2 darker. Still a great floor project that I can see being applied to the wall!
@@travismcleod5078 staining would be my choice for the effect as well, as the quality of the wood and lamination would be uniform.
love this!!!! Currently planning a Reno of a kitchen to a disabled Access room and this floor would be great!! Functional and beautiful! 💗💗
These look great! As i mentioned before, i did a similar design with a coffee table, but i used reclaimed oak flooring. My only concern with the plywood was refinishing, since you can't really sand much until you start hitting other plys in the plywood. But since this is a low traffic area, it doesn't seem like it'll be an issue. Nice work Mike!
Use a brush when your pouring out of a can to wipe it before it runs all over the side of the can. Use it to clean the lid surface too before putting it back on.
I've done a sliding barn door in a similar manor but I tri-colored the pieces (red,black,clear) and used different pattern for a 3D effect
It's absolutely out of this world
the best wood filler match: get a few pieces of whatever wood you're working with and sand them with a dust collecting sander. Mix the dust with stainable wood glue and you're good. Old school, baby!
that floor came out really beautiful you did some amazing work I'll give you some skills on that job
I love it! To amber or not to amber... For areas with less natural light, I prefer non-ambering finishes. Sometimes for new construction that I am afraid of looking too "cookie cutter", or where I want want to get more warmth/nature, rustic, or old-world feeling I prefer an ambering finish. Check out Le Tonkinois finishes. Pricey but amazing stuff!
I started following u n am fascinated of ur projects.
That floor is stunning beautiful. WOW
Absolutely amazing. Your parents are luck to have you in their lives.
They look so amazing! Great job! I imagine the repetitive actions could be almost therapeutic after a while.
They look SOOOO good, Mike! I was following along on Instagram stories, and loved this project. Your dedication to pushing yourself to try new and more complicated projects is so impressive. Great job!! 👍☺️
Really like the texture. It's subtle but so interesting.
Omg you made me so nervous not using a wood push. Oh lordy!
Really looking forward to the bus build in 2022! :)
haha! Same 😂
You are the MAN for this. Thank you sir. I commend you.
this looks phenomenal, original and geometric looks make me happy. excellent work!!
That floor is badass dude
Mike, that’s very nice and unique wood floors. It’s has a characteristic design the wood it self. 👍🏻👏🏻😃
Definitely a certified banger! I’m so excited to see this vid after hearing about it on the podcast and seeing progress on IG.
That looks great! I've never thought about plywood floors but it seems like a great idea that I'm going to look into.
This is so awesome, a nice modern spin on parquet flooring! I'm thinking this might work really well with a tongue and groove engineered floor as well -- 2 of the 4 sides of each diamond would lock in nicely and prevent any lippage...
Dude... your timing was unbelievable. I was LITERALLY thinking in my head, "why did he measure his fence with a piece of scrap clamped it??"
Then you jump in, "Now, you may be thinking..."
Bruh. 🤯
Surprisingly stunning!!!
AWESOME 👏🏻 It reminds me of the Qbert arcade game, lol. I love it. Thank you for sharing.
The idea is fantastic, The way you explain everithing is great and the result is awsome! well done.... Again!
That's awesome!! Thanks a lot
Very nice project Mike. I really love the design it makes on the floor.
Thanks for sharing.
This video is really helpful because I'm making a gaming room with and I want it to have a nice flooring. BTW can you make a video on making a modern coffee table that can put a mini fridge in it. So I can store some snacks and beverages. I want to make one because when I invite some friends over we could have a great hangout place. Please notice this comment
Whoa! That floor looks awesome. Your parents are lucky to have such a nice son.
HEY.....
THAT'S PRETTY GOOOOOD
an absolute beauty.
You are so talented! Thanks for sharing! I hope to bring projects like this to my home soon!
I felt like I was watching a HGTV episode... Great Job Good Stuff
I love the way that looks. Try sawdust mixed with glue and a sponge
I'm doing a temporary room in my apartment in Deep Deuce and was thinking about just throwing 4x8 plywood down and poly and calling it a day, even been seeing some people do things to osb which would match the industrial loft space look I have going
Man...my back hurts just watching this video. Well done, Mike!
Dude, this looks incredible. I'm loving seeing the attic come together!
Wow! That was impressive Well done!
As a flooring installer I find this very impressive.
Great build!
You are amazing love your stale and your projects I just started a wood shop out of my basement and trying to learn more about wood working I already made a farm coffee table but I have a log way to go love your videos and project
Wonder - how many times you said to yourself "Why I got into this?" haha
Must of been hard to pull this off but looks amazing!
Your floor was very nicely executed. Your finished product is beautiful.
100% certified banger! one of my favorite projects from you
SO. MUCH. WORK! Well done!
Great work we can see all the hard work you’ve done recording and putting all the parts by your self hope this gets a lot of views and success in RUclips.
Wow...for the time and effort...worth it. It looks amazing.
I am enjoying watching this.
Wow, beautiful floor! Really great instructions and directions. 😉👍
Bet mom and dad are thrilled with the result.
Your hired! That is, if your certified sane after laying all those pieces, the right way.