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Laying the floor one row at a timeLaying down the planks is pretty easy with a floor nailing gun.
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felt over wooden subfloorIf you are laying floor over a subfloor you need to install felt or plastic first to block the moisture. You also want to make sure your floor is either running perpendicular or at a 45 degree to the planks you are laying.
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hardwood floor spacing from wallWhen laying the floor you want to start your first row 3/4" from the wall to allow for ample expansion of the wood. This assumes you have not installed wall trim or shoe molding. If you have the wall trim already laid you may need to reduce this number as little as possible to make sure you have no gaps. You may also want to place spacers along the wall to make sure the wood flooring does not move during the installation. You will want to snap a chalk line the thickness of your flooring plus the gap.
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medium brown stain
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Glue down engineered laminate flooringInstalling laminate glue down flooring is a relatively easy process but can be quite messy. You want to make sure you have plenty of rags and turpentine on hand to clean the glue while it is wet. Otherwise you will spend countless hours later trying to get it up. Make sure you trowel thinly so the glue does not roll up between the planks as you press them together.
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Glue for hardwoods tends to come in 3 gallon buckets and will usually cover around 80sf. IT cost around $100 a bucket. So a large room is going to cost a couple of 100 dollars in glue alone.
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Laying the snap down flooringLaying snap down is simply a matter of cutting the wood so the seams don't line up. Many snap down products are manufactured with chip wood and do not handle moister at all. So think about where you are laying these floors. Some product requires that all the ends are snapped togeither then the entire row is snapped into the previous row. Aug 11, 2007
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Underlayment for snap down flooringSnap down is a simple installation process. You simply lay down the underlayment which is usually a sound deadener and padding. Aug 11, 2007
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Starting a glue down floorWhen starting a glue down floor you will want to space it 1/2" to 3/4" from the wall. This allows the wood to contract and expand. One trick to laying glue down on concrete is to carefully snap a caulk line the thickness of the plank plus a gap from the wall. Then set the first few rows and allow them to dry. That way you can press the new rows without them moving. Aug 11, 2007
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Glue down is usually engineered plank and can be installed above and below gradeAug 11, 2007
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Typical Tongue and Grove section of woodAug 11, 2007
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Troweling the glue to prepare for the floor installationYou will want to trowel a few rows at a time and no more. Most of the glue available will give you 30 minutes of work time. THis usually will allow you to do a couple of feet of flooring.Aug 11, 2007
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