How To Lay Solid Wood Flooring On Floorboards

Using solid wood flooring when installing a solid wood floor each plank should be fixed down directly onto the existing wooden floor boards by either secret nailing or secret screwing.

How to lay solid wood flooring on floorboards.

As a rule of thumb the floor boards you install should cross perpendicular to the joists under the sub floor. Glue will typically set in about 60 minutes hold your trowel at a 45 degree angle spread the glue in small sections. It should be level and free from rot and other major defects. Face nail each board at the point of every joist and set the nail with a nail set.

Installing them parallel creates the possibility that the floor will sag. Check your sub floor condition. Flooring experts recommend installing flooring boards perpendicular to the floor joists in a house with a plywood subfloor. Starting in one corner of the room spread in excess of 2 board widths of adhesive along the starting wall sub floor using a 3mm toothed trowel.

Installing solid wood flooring onto concrete use a flexible wood to concrete adhesives such as laybond or soudal polymer. At this stage you want to eliminate any squeaks in the floor. Pick one that is straight. If the sub floor above is more than 1 inch thick this rule can be bent in many.

With the floor prepped spread flooring adhesive with trowel spreading enough to work on a few rows at time so the glue doesn t dry. You may need to use leveling compound to even your surface. The nails or screws should be approximately 300mm apart to offer optimum stability. 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.

Next lay the first row. Remove any base or shoe molding around the perimeter of the room. Begin by selecting a long board to start the first row. If you locate a squeak run a long screw through the sub floor and into the joist below it.