How To Lay Real Oak Flooring
That said this is essential if you are nailing directly to the joists.
How to lay real oak flooring. If you are fixing solid wood flooring to existing timber. Nowadays thanks to the introduction of tongue and grooved boards what is known as secret nailing or screwing is the preferred method. With the floor prepped spread flooring adhesive with trowel spreading enough to work on a few rows at time so the glue doesn t dry. Use an overlay flooring nailer also caller a porta nailer.
Snap a chalk line to demarcate the first row of flooring either down the middle of the room or against a wall. Watch our step by step video showing how to lay solid wood flooring with expert advice and top tips to help you complete the job with confidence. Nailing will be the best option. Lay the first row with its edge along the line and face nail the boards with pairs of.
Then install the first row of flooring with the tongue facing away from the wall and fit in place by using the flooring nailer. Next lay the first row. Although it is good to lay the new board at a 90 angle to the old it is not imperative. Lay out the installation manufacturers recommend installing hardwood flooring perpendicular to or across the floor joists for maximum stability and reinforcement.
Hardwood flooring installation is a big project but you can install solid hardwood floors yourself to save money with this step by step video. Traditionally solid oak flooring was laid by simply sending a nail straight through surface of the boards at even spacing into the floor joists below. But typically flooring installed parallel to a room s longest dimension is more attractive than when installed across the floor s shorter width. It is less prone to splintering than.
Glue will typically set in about 60 minutes hold your trowel at a 45 degree angle spread the glue in small sections. Oak is one of the most common types of hardwood used in flooring installations due to its affordability and ease of installation. Place 10mm spacers against the wall running parallel with the direction of your installation.