How To Install Prefinished Solid Wood Flooring

We installed this 2 1 4 wide prefinished hardwood flooring in hamilton mill georgia in november 2012.

How to install prefinished solid wood flooring. It has several things going for it including ease of installation it can be glued down and lower prices. There are many types of hardwood flooring available ranging from prefinished laminated also called engineered strips and planks. Prefinished engineered wood flooring is an affordable diy alternative to the traditional sanded and finished solid wood floor. How to install a prefinished hardwood floor.

Installation is fast and clean. Hardwood floors are durable beautiful and a great diy project. Learn how to install solid hardwood flooring with a few simple tools. Want a great way to increase the value of your home.

Start on saturday morning and have a completed floor by monday morning. The following steps will remove the doubt and fears you may have of taking on this task by yourself. Engineered hardwood flooring which is made from a thin layer of solid hardwood bonded to a core of plywood or particleboard is the leading rival to prefinished solid hardwood. We are showing in this video the way we nail the stap.

Engineered wood flooring is a prefinished tongue and groove flooring. Solid wood flooring is generally available in prefinished and unfinished varieties. I will show you every trick in the book to get a perfect finish most. It s tempting to boil the choice down to one regarding how much of the extra work involved with sanding and refinishing your new floor you re willing to pay for or undertake but there are issues of maintenance and overall aesthetics that you should consider.

In other words everything from thin plywood with a hardwood veneer layer on top to solid wood strips and planks.