How To Installing Hardwood Flooring

Remove the shoe molding and snap a chalk line 3 8 out from the baseboard this allows for expansion in the hot humid weather and contraction in the colder drier weather of the hardwood flooring.

How to installing hardwood flooring. Keep joints that line up at least two rows apart. To learn how to do this watch prepping plywood subfloors. Solid wood flooring is made from one continuous piece of solid wood typically measuring 3 4 inch thick. Hardwood flooring installation is a big project but you can install solid hardwood floors yourself to save money with this step by step video.

Install hardwood floors perpendicular to the floor joists parallel to the longest wall leaving a inch expansion gap around the perimeter. Lastly install any transition or threshold pieces. Start the installation at the longest unobstructed wall. Wood floor installation requires a level subfloor and that your hardwood flooring is acclimated to the room s humidity and temperature according to the manufacturer s guidelines.

Although installing hardwood floors is generally more expensive than carpet or vinyl it should last for decades. Now you can install whatever baseboard or shoe moulding you choose and you are finished with this project. You ll find a number of hardwood flooring options to choose from. The type of installation you choose will depend on your subfloor budget lifestyle and the type of wood flooring you select.

Talk to your hardwood flooring retailer and let them know what types of transitions you need.