I love my hardwood floor!! - Revisit to Household tips by Grumpy

[Brokenjaw]

Notice how this guy started in the middle of the room.....For him to run the boards behind him, he's going to have to make a tounge out of pine or any kind of shit he has laying around.1/4 thick x 7/16ths

The reason he is starting in the middle of the room like that is because he is not going behind him with more wood. Look at the pic again, he is just laying hard wood, behind him and down the hall is most likely going to be carpet.Why get a finnish gun for 8 to 10 boards, they can be done by hand. I agree with the tabel saw, you can't rip shit with a chop saw.


Install the flooring perpendicular to joists or sleepers.The first row must be parallel to the center line of the room. Take sevral mx's of the width of the room and locate the centerline. Snap a chalk line to establish a centerline that is parallel to your starting wall. After you have removed all the base moldings , mark the positions of floor joists or sleepers along the wall near the floor for refrence once you start installing the new floor.

Work with one bundle at atime. Lay out a couple of rows to plan a patern, staggering end joints so that no joint is closer then 6" to a joint of the next roww.As you install, find or cut pieces to fit at the end of each row,leaving a 1/2" gap between each end piece and the wall. No end piece should be shorter then 8".

Step one...

Lay out the first row
Snap a chalk line about 3/4" frpm thestarting wall,measured to be exactly parallel with your centerline. This is where you will lay the first row.

Step 2
Fasten the first row.

Choosing the longest boards for the first row, predrill pillot holes for 1 1/2" finnishing nails,then face nail the first row to joiists whener the nailheads will be coverd by a base shoe.

Step 3
Blind nail by hand, along the first row, and on the next 6 or 7 rows, drill pillot holes at a 45 to 50 degree angle threw the tounge,centered on each joist at the ends and evry 10" along the lengths.When nailing in by hand, dont try to set the nail all the way with the hammer, leave the nail head exposed a bit, then take a nail set sideways and tap the nail in , then use the point of the nailset to sink the nail.

I hope this helps and I really cant type anymore

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