Immediatly after framing the floor, (back in picture #52), we covered the Advantech with 30lb felt, for floor protection through the course of the job.
Since we are going wiht infloor hydronic heat we neede to remove the felt protection, to install the wirsbo piping and the 1 1/2" gypcrete cover. Here is a series of pictures showing how to remove the felt and the benefits. Usually, I wait till after the finish painting is done, but I couldnt do it in this situation. As you can see, there is considerable dirt, dust, mud, drywall compound etc that collects on this membrane and is remove from the structure.
What you end up with is an almost perfect new subfloor again to do finish work on. Finish carpentry dust is considerably easier to manage with a clean floor to begin with. This rids the house of months of dirt, dust and other contaminants.
Since we are going wiht infloor hydronic heat we neede to remove the felt protection, to install the wirsbo piping and the 1 1/2" gypcrete cover. Here is a series of pictures showing how to remove the felt and the benefits. Usually, I wait till after the finish painting is done, but I couldnt do it in this situation. As you can see, there is considerable dirt, dust, mud, drywall compound etc that collects on this membrane and is remove from the structure.
What you end up with is an almost perfect new subfloor again to do finish work on. Finish carpentry dust is considerably easier to manage with a clean floor to begin with. This rids the house of months of dirt, dust and other contaminants.
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