Top Nailing Pine Floor

I have a post up about them already but it s included in with the entryway remodel.

Top nailing pine floor. Tongue and groove flooring boards didn t become popular in america until the end of the 19th century. So i thought i would write a post specifically regarding our inexpensive wood flooring using pine boards and give you tips and tricks. On flooring which makes up over 50 percent of cut nail use nailing is the same as with round nails. When beginning your wide pine floor installation process we highly recommend that you face your nailing in boards 8 in width or wider.

In addition we recommend that you nail into every joist 16 o c or at least into every other joist 32 o c. So if all this sounds like too much work just buy the standard 3 1 4 wide t g strip floor and blind nail it simply and easily with the flooring nailer. Top nailing is an option with wide plank hardwood or pine floors. The saving in labor is significant.

The board only needs to fit within 1 4 in. We get asked all of the time about our wood floors. How to install top nailed wood floor. Of the wall and slide under the.

Hold the board in place at doorways and corners and mark for notching with a straightedge. Diaz also suggests gluing and top nailing on wide plank floors as a belt and. A 4 wide plank is still begging to be face pegged as i mentioned also in the article. This is the 230 square foot installation epic in time lapse format.

We salvaged a thin strip oak floor from a house on the west side of indianapolis. For tongue and groove flooring a slim shank is used to avoid splitting the groove. It just depends on how narrow you indoor humidly range is. Tongue and groove flooring solves the pesky problems such as shrinking warping and working loose commonly experienced by nailing planks to floor joists.

Hairline gaps however are a natural and expected part of the traditional appearance of a wide pine floor. Or you can use screws and plugs as an alternative. People that see them in person think they are original to the house. Nails should be spaced 6 8 inches apart on 3 8 inch thick material and 8 12 inches apart on 3 4 inch flooring.

Top nailing with hard cut iron nails in addition to using the flooring stapler can give you that formal farmhouse kind of look. Cut boards to fit around corners and notch the boards to fit doorways.