Laying Prefinished Floating Flooring

Before installing wood floors the flooring needs to reach a moisture content mc level that is in equilibrium with the surrounding environment.

Laying prefinished floating flooring.

Browse all of our products to find the best flooring for your space. It should be level and free from rot and other major defects. This process is known as hardwood acclimation. Cull and blend flooring.

Laying down your floating flooring directly onto concrete is a no no. Includes planning equipment and material acquisition area preparation and protection setup and cleanup. There s no necessity of staying home to complete the various stages of an on site finishing job sanding sealing staining applying. Gauge the height of the cut by laying down a piece of foam underlayment and a piece of flooring upside down so the saw won t scratch the finish.

Engineered wood flooring is a prefinished tongue and groove flooring that has alternating wood grain laminations much like plywood but with a 1 8 in. Flooring is typically bundled in random lengths. Place at least two nails in every board the rule of thumb is to nail every 10 to 12 inches. Check your sub floor condition.

If your subfloor is concrete cover it with a wood or engineered wood subfloor first. Blind nail wood flooring. For more than 40 years we have provided outstanding flooring products ranging from engineered hardwood flooring to utility grade flooring as well as area rugs. Or thicker solid hardwood layer on top.

Prefinished hardwood flooring installation labor basic basic labor to install prefinished hardwood flooring with favorable site conditions. How to install floating floor 1. For one there s less insulation. Use a flush cut dovetail saw to trim the bottom of the casing at all doorways so that the flooring will slide underneath.

You may need to use leveling compound to even your surface. Failing to properly acclimate wood flooring may cause excessive expansion shrinkage dimensional distortion or structural damage. Install underlayment on clean level subfloor. Install one complete row at a time from end wall to end wall.

Installation of prefinished flooring can be done in one session. Also the possibility of dampness however small is greater when there are fewer membranes between your concrete foundation and your floating floor. As a rule of thumb the floor boards you install should cross perpendicular to the joists under the sub floor. If the sub floor above is more than 1 inch thick this rule can be bent in many.

This old house general contractor tom silva shows how to install a beautiful wood floor in just less than one day. Vary board lengths as you install so you will have staggered end joints in a random pattern image 6.