I use a 16, but after being here for awhile, I don't know why. At the suggestion of some regulars here, I use floor adhesive more now, less top nailing.
I use a 16, but after being here for awhile, I don't know why. At the suggestion of some regulars here, I use floor adhesive more now, less top nailing.
Thats what I usually do. Where you can no longer swing the mallet to set the nail and if I cant get the finish gun to shoot a nail through the tongue I dry-fit the last few rows together then face nail where the base or quarter round covers.
Dont know if there are a pros' or con's to this method but never had a call back or problem doing it this way.
After getting the master bedroom done the thought of knocking them together and letting it roll did cross my mind. Laying hardwood is a pain in the ass. You floor guys definitely have my respect.
I've taken up stuff that had been down for fifty years and was barely nailed at all. 2-1/4, of course.
I skip one row. The row next to the last row I can blind nail is held down by the first row I top nail. I only do it for the sake of making fewer holes. Thing is, I've taken up so much stuff that was apparently held together with urethane, and you'd never know it unless you ripped it up.
I've taken up old floors that were barely fastened, or fastened poorly. Sure they "lasted" a long time but the were loose and squeaky and generally look like ****. I may use 1.5" staples now, but theres no way I'm not nailing a floor lol
Im with pin. If you leave the last three corses loose they will move. Youll be back next season with an angry customer or worse a competitor who pulled up your nailess hackery.
I have one that I use on carpet repairs. Makes seams too slow to use all the time and the tape is pricey, too. Can't buy the tape in my area either. I have to order it on line.
Ive used the kool glide in one of the CFI classes. It works awesome. They have even updated the tape so that its much thinner than the original kind. They also make a super powered hot glue gun for transitions on concrete
Yeah, but that's true of any glue stick. That Koolglide deal is pretty neat, but not a panacea. To me, the most important thing about finishing walls is to lay out the long straight stuff to do it with. If you've done that, finishing a wall is faster than starting off of one if you have a jack.
Agreed, I always pull out long, straight boards for starting and finishing as soon as the boxes start getting opened. If it's an area over 12-15' or so, depending on layout, I pop a line and start in the middle and start racking.
You guys are serious about using a glue stick on the last rows without nailing? I blind nail (16ga) when I cant staple anymore and face nail the last 2 rows, gluing the last row. I've installed h/w for over 20 years and NEVER had a call-back about wall lines coming loose.
We're just throwing ideas around. I only do nails, personally. I finish with Stauf 930 if I have to work toward a toekick, but otherwise its nails.
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