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Have to get about 800 sqft of hardoowd flooring done before we move in March. The tongue and groove stuff, no nails or gluing. Anyone here done it themselves? Easy or not worth the hassle? (It would be a good excuse to buy a rubber mallet and mitre saw).
- depends on the base floor. wood base or wood floor on cement? what surface? ground floor etc. weather conditions ei. climate locate.yurimon
- there are these things to consider before you make a choice. each material is prone to weather conditions., humidity, shrinking, expanding during the seasons.yurimon
- is it prefinished wood floor? or raw wood floor you need to stain?yurimon
- you know the wood needs to acclimate to the environment first right? It needs to sit in the space for weeks before its even installed.imbecile
- is it 100% hardwood or a laminate?Gnash
- ^ 3 days minimum, don't need weeks to acclimatizeGnash
- it's easy if you have the right tools. chop saw is good. you can use a regular hammer if you use a piece of the scrap flooring as a buffer.Gnash
- if there's no nails or glue it's likely laminate or engineered HWGnash
- bamboo, concrete floor, almost certainly needs a sound-damping underfloor, no nails (into the concrete) allowedi_monk
- it's really not too difficult. once you get started it's pretty basic. you'll need a chop saw, rent it from Homedepot unless you're doing more remodelling.Gnash
- (congrats again on the purchase)Gnash
- all the different manufacturers will have install vids like this:
https://www.youtube.…Gnash - note that some floating floors need to be glued between the tongue & groove (not to the floor)Gnash
- if you're not nailing or glueing it's much easierGnash
- Glue in the grooves isn't a big deal, as long as I still get to whack them with a mallet.
(Thanks)i_monk - You guys pretty much covered it, regular hammer and a cut scrap with the groove still on so you don't smash up the tounge. Nail them down throughterry_cloth
- The top of the tounge and the nails will all be hidden by the female part of the next peice. That way no heaving and no creaking. Buy a single miter small chopterry_cloth
- Decent brands make them for short money. And don't forget, the floor doesn't have to fit to the edges perfectly, the baseboards can sit on them so pull off theterry_cloth
- Baseboards first and give yourself some wiggleterry_cloth
- ^ ya, they should absolutely not fit right up to the edge. the floor needs room to expand. A floating floor will buckle if tight to the wall.Gnash