How To Install Wood Plank Flooring

Draw the room s floor plan to scale.

How to install wood plank flooring.

Do this buy tapping them with a hammer and using a scrap piece of wood as a buffer between the plank and hammer. It is important to make sure that the planks are snuggly seated against each other to prevent gaps. To keep wood floors stable try to maintain close to 50 percent relative humidity in your home year round. Draw the centerline of the room.

Engineered plank wood floors can be installed successfully on above or below grade level. Put the first board up against the mason s line with the groove side facing away from the walls. Pick one that is straight. Engineered plank flooring should be installed perpendicular to the joists or on a diagonal for any single layer subfloor.

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. Spread a bead of wood glue across the top of the tongue of the planks then slide the next plank in place. This video is sponsored by the home depotfull blog post. Face nail each board at the point of every joist and set the nail with a nail set.

Face nail the entire first row and remember to keep the board lengths random. See nwfa installation guidelines for exceptions to this rule.