With the right idea about the process, skill, and essential tools, installing hardwood flooring is not a difficult task. Now that you are aware of the method best suited for the floor, you can choose the type of flooring you need and the installation method and get about transforming your home. Sign in. Forgot your password? Get help.
Create an account. Password recovery. FirstCry Parenting. I would highly suggest getting in touch with who you received the product from to ensure there are no specific installation instructions from the manufacturer. August 17, at August 18, at If the stairs are outside then I would definitely not recommend gluing oak or laminate down. Neither of those products are water resistant so they will get damaged extremely quickly.
We only suggest laying oak or laminate on concrete or plywood subfloors. September 25, at From the article it looks like only and engineered wood floor should be installed either over concrete or above grade.
Is this correct? Would it be improper to glue down a regular hard wood floor to concrete slab? Assume that some kind of leveling filler was applied to the concrete first but no vapor barrier.
September 29, at Also, enegineered flooring tends to mitigate the expansion and contraction of wood in an area known for higher moisture levels. Hope this helps! February 1, at I have hardwood floor to be installed. Should I use a nail or glue method…which of the two methods, would be the best. Waiting to hearing from you…. Peace, Jessie.
December 28, at I am preparing to install an engineered hard wood product over a wooden sub-floor. Part of the floor will be over a basement and part over a crawl space. It seems to me that the flooring should be glued directly to the sub-floor rather than to a paper type product that is stapled to the sub-floor. Could you please elaborate on this. Thank you. Your email address will not be published. Learning Center Find the answers to your home improvement questions.
Nailing Techniques Used in Home Renovation. Liz - Reply March 4, at Hi Liz, Thank you for getting in touch! Keng - Reply November 30, at Hi Keng, Thank you for getting in touch! Blain - Reply September 2, at Hi Blain, Thank you for your inquiry! William Raynes - Reply August 17, at Can oak flooring or laminate be glued to metal steps of an R.
Want to replace carpet.. Hi William, Thank you for getting in touch with BuildDirect! Some local installers have told our friends to store it in the garage but my garage is NOT air conditioned or insulated like the interior of my house! Spacer are good for maintaining the distance but once you decide which direction the flooring is going to lay,finding the center of the room is hte next step.
Most rooms are generally retangular so this will MOST of the time. Take three measurements at the front, mid and end of the room, my dining rrom was , I split that in half again and put down a chalk snap line to help me visually track the progress of my board laying. A minor misalignment on one side of a room can translate to a dramatic misalignment later. Using spacersagainst the wall, I started laying in boards to see what the pattern would look like.
The instructions for the company I bought the flooring from said to ensure the first rows were perfectly straight. This was very stressful since we had never done this before and I was worried about destroying, the wood, my home's value, my sanity!
I had a laser line I picked up from a gentlean at a local yard sale, so between the chalk lines and the laser line my first rows went well, until The trick I found worked best was to put a 2x4 next to it; screw the 2x4 down and pull the bent Banana board in tight with a crowbar. Using my knee, I'd hold the crowbar in place and hammer the banana board in place. Most of the time board will relax after the next row goes in. The longer the Banana board the easier it will be to bend into straight.
The next biggest challenge is the other side of the room. The goal is to create the illusion of the wood continuing into the next room, so the last row of boards takes a lot of attention to detail. The baseboard and shoe molding will cover the top nailed boards, since the nailer won't fit in that those close to wall. This meant pulling out the drill with a flexible shaft see tool pics and drill bit holder to make pilot hole in order to hand nail these last boards.
My wife thought it would look cool if we did a Herringbone pattern in the entryway. We had an easy time on the firs troom so I thought, why not? It was amazing how hard it was to keep the gaps between boards small and fit close. The stairs and wall are at approx.
I had to hand bevel the edges. Using the Patagonian Rosewood didn't make things any easier but I got it done. The Sliding Bevel was a life saver at this point. None of my walls are squared from one to the other. This held true for the stairs to the hallway and the sliding bevel kept me sane.
Taking the angle with the sliding bevel, I could set the angle on the chop saw to exactly what I needed. The front of fireplace in our livingroom has a slate piece that deserves a nice surround. So I'm thinking a 1 inch peice around the perimeter A 1 inch perimeter surrounded by 3 inch squares, surrounded by another 1 inch perimeter. Sounds simple right?.?! Uhhh no The transition around the corners needed to have a special piece to allow them to fit together!
Time to break uout my secret weapon: foam board to cut out a template. The precise shape traced onto the wood and some precision cutting and shaving with the skill saw and multi-tool.
Update, Spring I failed to credit Kuhlmom for a major piece of the sucess of the fire place surround inlay. She was doing the demolition and attempted to lift the slate slab off the subfloor.
It came up part way but then stopped. If she had put too much pressure on the slate to break it loose it probably would have cracked! From 6 feet out she gradually planed down the subfloor so that the hardwood being installed was at the same height as the slate slab. She did such a good job creating the subtle shift in floor height that you don't even notice the change! See your future. Preverco controls all the steps of its hardwood floor manufacturing, from drying to finishing.
Preverco hardwood floors are manufactured under very strict quality standards and are rigorously inspected at all stages of production. To ensure maximum performance in your environment, our floors must be installed in accordance with the industry's best practices. We remain on the lookout for these and are continually updating our recommended installation methods. Please click here for the installation guide of solid hardwood or for engineered wood flooring that applies to your chosen platform.
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