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

[onehung]

The reason he is starting in the middle of the room like that is because he is not going behind him with more wood.

Could be he's just an idiot too. looks like hes only got the second coat of mud on, No sanding,,no paint.. But , hey to each their own.

Why get a finnish gun for 8 to 10 boards, they can be done by hand

Already talked about running the wood the long way (25')

25x8 = 200' 1 room .You have a compressor already, might as well get a gun. less time bent over,less movent in the boards,one tool compared to 3. shooting a 2 1/2 " nail opposed to an 1 1/2 nail that will barely penetrate the joist.....

Work with one bundle at atime.

Crack open a few of them. You'll notice that some bundles have a lot of little fuckers in them and some have a few extra longer ones. Nothing over 6' though....If your having someone help you, you can speed up the job by having your buddy stay a couple feet infront of you laying the floor out.. lay out the first 10 or so rows then one of you can nail and the other can fit the pieces/ make the puzzle.
As for the nailer...Make sure you have it set flush with the board and not at any kind of angle. if its at an angle and you hit the plunger to set a nail Or staple (I like the staples myself ) it'll put a geek in the wood

leaving a 1/2" gap between each end piece and the wall.

thats fine if your using 3/4 " baseboard over it. but 1/4 " is plenty if the wood's been acclimated to the room.

Snap a chalk line about 3/4" from the starting wall

? 3/4" baseboard? standing the wood up?

Choosing the longest boards for the first row

good move, But straightest would be better. It straightens out with the floor nailer against the boards you allready have down, But trying to straighten them to start is a bitch.

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.

get a gun :-p

I'm laying Pergo

Did you get the glueless type ? Pergo is tit to work with, But It does Move Alot when its down ...Make sure its spaced from walls. :banana: