Installing Wide Plank Flooring Without Tongue And Groove

As well as brad nailing or hand nailing the boards in place.

Installing wide plank flooring without tongue and groove.

The traditional method of nailing hardwood tongue and groove flooring is to drive nails at an angle through the tongue of a plank and into the subfloor below but this is time consuming and can. Install the second plank next to the first by aligning the tongue into the groove and press the plank down to snap it in place. 2 you have to seat the tongues and grooves together and they don t always want to marry. Installing tongue and groove walls can be a real workout.

Lower the second plank to snap the planks together. Special tools and supplies for plank flooring installation. The 3 4 in thick solid plank flooring shown is milled with a tongue and groove. Tongue and groove edges lock hardwood flooring planks together along the seams ensuring a snug fit and hiding finishing nails but it is possible to install a wood floor without an interlocking.

The tongue and groove pine flooring must run perpendicular to the floor joists. A floor sanding machine to smooth out the. 3 tongue and groove isn t always flat so you have to force the boards together to get them seated. A stud finder to locate existing joists in the room.

We can t find a tongue and groove that wide which leaves us with face nailing. To finish the last rows treat them as in a floating floor installation by gluing the boards together at the tongue and groove. 1 you re usually working over your head. Begin the first row of flooring by placing the planks with the tongue side facing the wall.

I like to install them after all the windows and doors have been set and the room has been trimmed and painted. Continue in this manner for the remainder of the row trimming the last plank as needed. Will this bow up if i don t use t g. Never glue the last rows to the subfloor as this prevents the hardwood floor from expanding.

The plank flooring method may also require you to have specialized tools available some of which are not used for tongue and groove flooring such as. Will this be more likely. The questions in my mind are. Will there be significan split in the seams.

On a large project the first thing to know about installing tongue and groove flooring is that installing the boards should be the last thing you do. To keep the wide boards from cupping you ll face nail them with cut nails driven through the subfloor and into the joists photo 18. A table saw for cutting wood.