How To Install Hardwood Flooring Straight

Learn how to install solid hardwood flooring with a few simple tools.

How to install hardwood flooring straight.

Purchase some wood that will give you the right look for your space. On your first rows you may need to face nail the rows in place with a finish nailer to hold them in place. It chronicles tutorials for each step of the process derived from our installation of 3 4 inch solid tongue and groove brazilian walnut hardwoods in our own home. Seat the end tongue and groove flooring into each other and.

Flooring is typically bundled in random lengths. Lay it out in the room and overlap it by 4 6 with every row. Pick one that is straight. Put a 3 4 inch spacer against the.

Due to the large amount of different types of. Make sure you leave an expansion gap around the edges of the flooring at each wall. Our hardwood floor is not installed straight. Vary board lengths as you install so you will have staggered end joints in a random pattern image 6.

Install one complete row at a time from end wall to end wall. How to find a straight line when installing wood flooring 1. Align the edge of the board with the chalk line and drill pilot holes down through the hardwood plank and into the sub floor and joist. Align the first board with the layout line with the tongue facing into the room.

Remove the old floor down to the sub floor. We first ran this article in 2010. It provides detailed instructions for installing hardwood flooring over a wood substructure. Measure 12 inches in from one end of the wall.

Now you re ready to start installing your flooring. From there measure the width of the plank plus 1 inch into the. Face nail each board at the point of every joist and set the nail with a nail set. Drive 6d or 8d flooring nails through the pilot holes and then drill additional pilot holes through the tongue at a.

He claimed that the defect is within code for hardwood floor installation and he is not responsible. Begin by selecting a long board to start the first row. Store the wood in the space you will be installing at least 2 weeks prior to actually starting the install. When we questioned our installer he claimed it wasn t his fault the problem is our walls are not straight.

Pry off with a prybar any baseboard or molding from the longest wall in the room that runs perpendicular to the floor.