The type of installation you choose will depend on your subfloor budget lifestyle and the type of wood flooring you select.
How to install a hardwood floors.
Measure the width and length of the room and multiply for the square footage.
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Install hardwood floors perpendicular to the floor joists parallel to the longest wall leaving a inch expansion gap around the perimeter.
Keep joints that line up at least two rows apart.
Join the ends of the boards over a floor joist where possible avoiding joints that form an h.
Use cut off boards from one row to start next row.
Step 1 measure the room.
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Introduction choose the boards.
Finish hardwood floor installation when you get to the last few rows switch back to nailing by hand.