STEICO Wood Fiber Flooring Underlayment for Laminate Vinyl LVT LVP Hardwood Floor 6 mm 1/4 inch 90 SqFt Natural Sound Insulation Barrier

I used this floor underlayment on a 360 sq ft floating floor. It worked great, installed very easily. You can cut it with a simple swipe of a utility knife and then a bend and the product will break on your line. It WILL make a ton of green dust everywhere while you are installing. After installation our floor was solid and it does seem to have a sound dampening property because it is noticeably quieter in our basement under this floor than previously.

We removed 3/4" hardwood and replaced with1/4" LVP. This 1/4" Steico product was a great alternative solution to laying 1/2 OSB or other 4x8 sheets of fiber board to level my floors.Easy to work with and yea it is very dusty but worth it in savings and also sound dampening.Tip: after cutting out the holes for floor vents, use duct tape around the inner edges of your floor vents and fold over the fiberboard to prevent any dust from the product being blown out when your hvac fan runs.All in all I saved a ton of money with this product and our door jams are now only 1/4 off what they would have been with LVP only.4 stars only because of the dust and slight skin irritation from running my bare arm across the boards.

Overall, this is a decent product. It helps capture moisture and is a great price. I thought it would be thicker, and wished it was slightly thicker. I like that it is sustainable. It is easy to cut. However, when using it, green fibers were everywhere and irritated our throats. Some boards were also mildly with black spots, which we did not like. It is flat, but the texture is soft and we wanted harder. Overall, it is a decent product for our budget and did the trick.

Also needed to bring floor up to same level as adjoining tile floor. Easy to cut but makes some green dust. Helped with smoothing floor imperfections. Can break and dent easily. Once installed, it seems to hold up well and hoping it stays that way for years to come. Use with luxury vinyl floor.

So we decided to redo the first floor of our house with engineered hardwood. We purchased the flooring and when it came in stacked it in the garage and called the contractor. Being a little naive I assumed that the roll out underlayment would be easy and appropriate, but wanted to hear from the contractor on his thoughts. Our contractor looked at our flooring and asked us if we wanted it to feel solid but with a little cushion, or do we just want to protect the bottom of the flooring. I said both so he told us to look at some thicker underlayments at Home Depot. We live in Hawaii, so thats pretty much the go to place, that or Lowes for bulk and cheap. I did look on Amazon and I saw the Steico Underlayment. Our contractor had never used it, but the advertised quality and benefits of a thicker underlayment were attractive. Ordered them and the contractor found that they were very easy to install. The only add was that he recommended gluing them down as we are on a concrete slab and was worried about them shifting. They installed the Steico glued down in one day and then the flooring in the next two. I can tell you it was worth it. Our neighbor used the same flooring with cheap thin underlayment and really regrets it. Our floors feel like hard wood and has just a bit of give. We are very happy with the Steico underlayment and highly recommend it if you want a good solid feel, good protection from water and ease of installation.UPDATE...so it has been almost a year and still the floor is fantastic. No depressions. Still has the little bit of cushion giving the engineered hardwood the feel of real wood floors. So happy we tried Steico. Highly recommended.