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Anyone ever install hardwood flooring? What are the gotchas I need to know -- Tafkam Hokie 04/26/2016 09:35AM Find and fix all of your floor squeaks with screws, before install. ** -- thankbud 04/26/2016 3:15PM I use engineered hardwood that installs like laminate flooring -- Baltimore Hokie 04/26/2016 2:49PM For this specific instance, I really don't want anything that installs like -- Tafkam Hokie 04/26/2016 3:45PM #1, make sure your butt joints on the next row go over previous row by -- thankbud 04/26/2016 1:55PM Part 2: Which ever nailer you choose, make sure to use power cleats. -- thankbud 04/26/2016 2:11PM Splinters ** -- Newt 04/26/2016 10:23AM I bought the pneumatic nailer and was glad I did. Fitting and putting -- 81_Hokie 04/26/2016 10:12AM That is one concern I've got. It looks pretty straightforward -- Tafkam Hokie 04/26/2016 11:33AM I would also recommend buying one instead of renting... -- BB Hokie 04/26/2016 12:27PM I second that opinion. Bought one and took off time constraint from renting ** -- cincyhokie 04/26/2016 12:07PM Make sure you leave space around edges for the wood to expand...it will. -- King Jaffe Joffer 04/26/2016 10:09AM Oh, that advice was for floating floor...never done traditional, good luck! ** -- King Jaffe Joffer 04/26/2016 10:12AM Same rule applies. ** -- thankbud 04/26/2016 2:19PM Yes, I have done my entire house. You shouldn't have any problems... -- BB Hokie 04/26/2016 10:07AM When you say moisture barrier paper -- Tafkam Hokie 04/26/2016 11:37AM This is the stuff I used... -- BB Hokie 04/26/2016 11:42AM Be sure not to end up at one edge with half an inch to spare. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 04/26/2016 09:54AM TWSS ** -- EuroHokie 04/26/2016 10:04AM That's no problem. I'll just use my lumber stretcher. ** -- Tafkam Hokie 04/26/2016 09:57AM And use your lumbar stretcher when you're finished. Also, be sure to have -- PhotoHokieNC 04/26/2016 10:02AM Be sure and get a rubber headed hammer to make sure each................. -- F4EHokie 04/26/2016 09:45AM If you want to be fancy, a rubber-headed hammer and a block of wood -- Nova Hokie 95 04/26/2016 09:59AM Or use a small cut off piece of the hardwood you are installing ** -- hoosnowahokie 04/26/2016 10:27AM Wood block will throw him way over budget. Better to use hammer and thumb. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 04/26/2016 10:02AMTech Sideline is Presented By:
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