2006-06-18 15:57:02 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
the slat type tongue and groove wood flooring is toe-nailed at an angle with a special device......forget Pergo type "floating" flooring.....i have seen many of those installations buckle after water spills on it.....go with real wood
Blind nailing tongue-and-groove boards hides the fasteners. Each fastener is driven through one board's tongue, and covered by the next adjacent board. In other installations, nails are driven through the top of the board, a process called face nailing. Boards can also be glued down, and there are even types with adhesive strips on the back of the flooring.
2006-06-18 16:07:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try the link below and/or visit your Home Depot. They have a video they lend out on installing laminate so they might have something on hardwood.
2006-06-18 17:02:00 · answer #2 · answered by Kanuk Komputers 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you start by squaring the room...find the strait wall and work off it in the direction you want the floor to run length wise is best.. you work with the female or grove side toward the starting wall and nail at 45deg through the tongue down on the floor...once you can get the slap nailer in there it will nail and but the boards as you go
try to keep at least 6 inches between seems from one row to the next. at the finish side you will need to hand nail by drilling and setting the nails...you should set your hard wood on builders paper(red resin) good luck
2006-06-18 16:15:19 · answer #3 · answered by bearczar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lowes and Home Depot give free classes and have literature on the subject.
2006-06-18 16:00:29 · answer #4 · answered by ☼Jims Brain☼ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to home depot to the flooring section, now look for the tongue in groove that locks each piece to its self. very simple.
2006-06-18 16:11:08 · answer #5 · answered by tajura001 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hire a professional.
2006-06-19 11:56:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋