Here s how to install click lock engineered hardwood flooring.
How to install engineered hardwood tongue and groove flooring.
Immediately wipe up any glue that squeezes through the boards.
Apply wood glue to the tongue and groove seams.
Most engineered wood floors are milled with tongue and groove t g construction.
Put the first board up against the mason s line with the groove side facing away from the walls.
Although tongue and groove solid hardwood flooring does fit together it must still be nailed to a subfloor.
Use 1 2 inch spacers to assist in maintaining the 1 2 inch expansion gap between the first row of flooring planks and the wall.
Then connect the pieces carefully folding and tapping the new piece to rest on the subfloor.
This helps to prevent movement of the wood and keeps each of the planks flat with their neighbor.
When installing additional rows work from left to right.
Installing tongue and groove floors engineered pre finished or bare wood is among the most popular diy projects and for good reason.
Note that some engineered hardwood flooring products have a click lock design.