how do i install wood plank flooring?

Answer 1

I am assuming you want to install the tongue and grove prefinished 3/4" wood floor on top of plywood of your house sub floor .... well first measure the square area of the room and order the material or flooring that you like , have it delivered to your home and leave it in the room for at least a week with out installing it , this is so the flooring adjusts to the house temperature and moisture , next get your self roles of brown wax paper in the quantity to be lay down between the floors to prevent squeaking
, then go and rent a small compressor , and get the flooring gun with the hammer, get a box of hook flooring nails to fit the gun , have all of this in your room , take the flooring bundles out of the room , just so you can have space to work . Pick your largest straight wall and the direction you want the floor to go , before you begin laying the first strip of floor , lay down your wax paper from one side to the other cutting it at the end ,and then strip at a time cover the entire room . Now star with your longest pices possible lay the groove toward the wall , get your self some small pieces of 3/8 ply of 2" square as many as you need to put one every foot apart between the wall and your first strip , you see ,your flooring have to have a space of about 3/8" space between wall and the end of the flooring all the way around , this is necessary to allow for expansion in all the directions , if you don't watch for this, it might bulge up in the center of your room. The first strip, nail it down as straight as possible, the entire length , and then piece at a time, like laying bricks, so no joint matches at the ends , hamer your nail every 12" or so apart ,( do some practicing using the nail gun and the floor before you do your final work ) of course you will also need a small chop saw to cut square each piece ,when you came to the end next to the wall , the left over pice you will use it on the opposite wall to start the proses , until you come to the end of the room , it will be a point where the gun wont fit any more ,there the last strips carefully fit them in with a small crow bar and the very last piece you probably have to cut it down so it leaves 3/8 from the wall , cut a bunch of small wedges and force them between the wall and the last strip , get a brad nailer and some construction thick glue , and put spots ,about a foot apart all along the wall and the last strip , remove the wedges next day , you will have to buy a transition piece of flooring designed to fill the space between tile or carpet right at the door threshold , good luck.

Answer 2

If you don't know how to install a floor that I suggest you go to Home Depot and see them. They will give you a lot of advice. Then go to Lowes if you have one. Between the two of them you'll be calling them quite often. This is quite a project for a novice.

Answer 3

Too many variables to give a good answer. You should consult someone in your area, to get all the info you need is not possible here. I think there is an organization called "National wood flooring consultants" or something like that that can give you lots of good un-biased advice free.

Answer 4

on what concrete slab or plywood what kind of wood plank the type you glue down or the type that snap together what is it you're trying to do there are some web site with video you could watch check this out and there are links to other stuff

www.cityfloors.net

good luck

Answer 5

any hardware store can give you the directions plus can buy the material it is very easy these days to put in hardwood flooring they connect to each other

Answer 6

Follow the instructions on the packaging.