How To Professionally Install A Wood Floor

Installing a wood floor in your house is not that difficult to do if you know what you are doing. I will explain how to professionally install a wood floor in your house. The tools you will need are some shims, hammer, flooring nail gun, drill, and nail punch. I would recommend renting a flooring nail gun from Lowes or somewhere for this job because it will make the job a lot easier. You want to start installing the wood floor by putting some shims against the wall so you have some space between the wall and the floor. You want to install the floor before you install the shoe molding.

On the first row of flooring you need to have it lined up straight and have the shims behind it when you nail it down. It is important to get the first row lined up straight or you will have gaps in the floor on the next rows. You will have to nail the first few rows with your hammer because the flooring nail gun will not work up against the wall. When you lay down the second row you want to make sure that the ends of the floor pieces do not line up at the same area. Your floor instructions will tell you how far apart to put the nails in the floor. Sometimes the nail gun will leave the nail sticking out some. When that happens you need to use the nail punch to hit the nail all the way in. My advice when you have pieces of flooring that are bowed is to only use the long pieces. You can usually straighten the long ones out when you nail them but the short pieces do not seem get straight.

Take you time when putting the floor down so that you check the pieces to make sure they do not have any defects. The last thing you want is too have nailed a piece down and then notice a defect in the wood. Once you worked up to the other end of the room you will have to hammer the nails without using the nail gun. For the last two rows you will have to drill a hole straight down through flooring and then nail it down. The last piece will usually have to be cut long ways to fit. Once you finish the wood floor you put the shoe moldings down. That pretty much sums up how to professionally install a wood for in your house.