How To Install Variable Width Wood Flooring
Shaw hard surface design manager sandi ownby has this to say.
How to install variable width wood flooring. When looking for new hardwood floors a multitude of style options are available. To keep the spline in alignment for the next flooring board use a scrap piece of wood flooring to run along the length of the spline as you nail. Snap together floating wood flooring face nail other wood flooring or nail through the tongue of tongue and groove wood floors. Install the remaining rows in the opposite direction.
Install the flooring according to the type of flooring. Install the spline using a blind nailer. Classic narrow strip floors of 2 1 4 and 3 1 4 are as popular today as they were when your grandparents built their home. Start the installation at the longest unobstructed wall.
Put wood flooring adhesive down the entire length of the groove before installing the splines. Variable width plank combinations also known as mixed width or random width planks such as 4 5 6 or 3 5 7 add a unique custom look to any room.