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How To Install hardwood FlooringWe have scoured the web to find the best resources available about installing hardwood floors and flooring. Here are some excerpts and links to each site.
Check the job site before delivery. Be sure the flooring will not be exposed to excessive periods of high humidity or moisture. The surface grade or slope should direct water away from the building.
Basements and crawl spaces must be dry and well ventilated. In joist construction with no basement, outside cross ventilation through vents or other openings in the foundation walls must be provided with no dead air areas. A surface cover of 6 mil polyethylene film is essential as a vapor retarder in crawl space construction. With plywood or board subfloors, start by re-nailing any loose areas and sweeping the subfloor clean. Mark location of joists on perimeter walls so that starting runs and finishing runs, which require face nailing, can be nailed into joists. Then cover subfloor with a good grade of 15 lb. asphalt felt/building paper, lapped 2"-4" along the edge seams. This helps keep out dust, retards moisture movement from below, and helps prevent squeaks in dry seasons. LAYING AND FASTENING THE FLOORING NOFMA Hardwood Flooring Must be installed over a proper subfloor.* Tongue & Groove Flooring is blind nailed on the Tongue Edge with face nailing required on starting runs (1-2) and finishing runs (2-4). Square Edge Flooring is face nailed. NAILING SCHEDULE
NOTE: With wide plank over 4" extra care is necessary for good performance since the units move more with changing conditions. Proper acclimation before and after installation is critical. After acclimation and before installation, sealing the back surface may help prevent some cupping normally associated with wider widths. PLANK FLOORING You Get What You Pay For... That saying is applicable to most products used in residential construction and remodeling, and it's doubly true about flooring. Installing, sanding and finishing hardwood flooring takes a lot of work, but when it's done, all that effort is easy to forget. A comparable product is pre-finished hardwood strip flooring. Essentially pre-finished hardwood flooring is the same as the material used in this project, but there are small bevels milled around the perimeter of each board. These bevels prevent you from noticing the small inaccuracies in machining that cause some boards to lay slightly higher than others. The procedure for installing a pre-finished hardwood floor would be about the same as the methods used in this article. Installing A Hardwood Floor Installing and finishing of wood floor products is a detailed and pain staking project for the do-it-yourselfer (DIY). It's rewards are the enjoyment of the enduring beauty a wood floor gives to any room setting. It is highly recommended you use a qualified professional wood floor contractor. The following links provide information that is generally accepted in the trade and have incorporated many years of experience. A successful installation depends upon the installer and close attention to details before, & during the actual installation process. Installing and finishing of wood floor
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