Few more tips on laying Harwood flooring
By God's Grace I feel I feel I will be completed laying the hardwood flooring this weekend. This has taken most of February but it sure looks good and has added allot of extra light as now it is bouncing back off the floor. I will have some pictures to post after tomorrow with hopefully the trim and all set as well.
I have some really useful tips to help you not make the same mistakes I made.
When in tight spots and the nailer can't be used I am using a 21/2 finishing naile gun to secure the ends or area were the nailer won't fit. The problem here is the nail won't go in flush and I would try to drive it in flush but usually would split the board were the nail was.
Solution was to get a wire cutter and cut the nail flush to the board. It doesn't have to be totally flush as there is some give in the joints. This works especially well when you start off or in tight fits like a hall way or wall face.
When you are in these tight places you can cut a board on a 45 degree and tighten up any joints that were not flush by setting it against the board need to be tightned and hammering it into this board. Since I am doing on a 45 degree angle this is really nice as I just leave this board in place and it keeps the board nice and tight.
I made a mistake of not checking the level of all my doors with the boards running in the direction they would be laid.
What I did was when setting the connection from tile to the hardwood floor I ran the board along the door as if I was setting the floor on a straight pattern and not an angle, so when I began laying the boards at the end of the door way had sunk in some and the boards extended over the jam. This wasn't to bad just a bobo I should have caught.
So remember when setting the board to go from hardwood to tile or carpet make sure you check the height the direction you are running the floor...
I also found using a regular hand stapler works great to keep the tar paper down, just go over them with a hammer and bang them flush no need to buy a tool for this part of the job.
I have taken off from the gym while laying the floor as trying to do to much will over tax your immune system and get you sick. Really looking forward to taking some time off the home projects to get back to my weights. I just added it up and have been working for 7 months on these 2 projects.
Next project is roofing the house and I plan on taking off the shingles as well so this should be a really tough one..
I have some really useful tips to help you not make the same mistakes I made.
When in tight spots and the nailer can't be used I am using a 21/2 finishing naile gun to secure the ends or area were the nailer won't fit. The problem here is the nail won't go in flush and I would try to drive it in flush but usually would split the board were the nail was.
Solution was to get a wire cutter and cut the nail flush to the board. It doesn't have to be totally flush as there is some give in the joints. This works especially well when you start off or in tight fits like a hall way or wall face.
When you are in these tight places you can cut a board on a 45 degree and tighten up any joints that were not flush by setting it against the board need to be tightned and hammering it into this board. Since I am doing on a 45 degree angle this is really nice as I just leave this board in place and it keeps the board nice and tight.
I made a mistake of not checking the level of all my doors with the boards running in the direction they would be laid.
What I did was when setting the connection from tile to the hardwood floor I ran the board along the door as if I was setting the floor on a straight pattern and not an angle, so when I began laying the boards at the end of the door way had sunk in some and the boards extended over the jam. This wasn't to bad just a bobo I should have caught.
So remember when setting the board to go from hardwood to tile or carpet make sure you check the height the direction you are running the floor...
I also found using a regular hand stapler works great to keep the tar paper down, just go over them with a hammer and bang them flush no need to buy a tool for this part of the job.
I have taken off from the gym while laying the floor as trying to do to much will over tax your immune system and get you sick. Really looking forward to taking some time off the home projects to get back to my weights. I just added it up and have been working for 7 months on these 2 projects.
Next project is roofing the house and I plan on taking off the shingles as well so this should be a really tough one..
posted by Joe Mullinax at 9:47 AM
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