How do you lay felt on hardwood floors?

Staple or Nail Down Installation With a staple down or nail down installation over a wood subfloor using solid flooring or engineered flooring, it is recommended that an underlayment of 15lb. black felt paper is rolled out over the wood subfloor prior to installing the new floor.Click to see full answer. Thereof, what do you put under hardwood floors? Several intermediate layers that are sometimes directly installed between subflooring and solid hardwood flooring include: Red Rosin Paper or Builder’s Felt. Solid Underlayment. Rubberized Membrane. Thick Underlayment With Intervening Plywood. Choosing Denser Hardwoods. Using Area Rugs and Runners. Secondly, can you use roofing paper under hardwood flooring? Felt paper is installed under hardwood flooring to provide an extra layer of moisture protection and also to dampen sound. You will need to install it under your wood floors if a padding is not already attached to the hardwood planks. Many models of hardwood planks have dampening foam already attached. Hereof, do you need underlayment for wood floors? The short answer: usually. If you already have a plywood subfloor, and the subfloor is smooth and level, then you may not need an underlayment beneath the hardwood floor. Plywood has some moisture resistance already compared to solid wood, and it mostly gives a smooth surface.Should you put paper under hardwood?Do I need to put tar paper or wax paper over my subfloor before traditional installation of hardwood flooring? The answer is NO! At least not under normal conditions. If you are installing flooring above a damp crawl space then certainly using tar paper as a moisture barrier is a great idea.