Face Nailed Strip Flooring

The proper way to face nail is to countersink the nails with a nail punch and fill the remaining hole with coordinating wood putty.

Face nailed strip flooring. So if all this sounds like too much work just buy the standard 3 1 4 wide t g strip floor and blind nail it simply and easily with the flooring nailer. Here are some tips for top nailed 5 16 inch floors. With 24 nails per sq ft that is a bunch of predrilling. Wood flooring and wood flooring products on the other hand.

Linoleum and vinyl are glued while carpet is stretched and attached to tack strips as anchors. Don t make the mistake of buying stainless steel nails. In the roberts 1903 catalog they state to use 1 1 4 inch 15 gauge finish nails. A 4 wide plank is still begging to be face pegged as i mentioned also in the article.

That s why i switched to the palm nailer and the larger finish nails. Wide plank flooring can also be blind nailed and face nailed or faced screwed and plugs. Most common by today s standards is blind nailing often used with 2 1 2 inch tongue and groove strip flooring. Face nailing is the common practice used to nail the first few rows of boards in place because it is difficult to maneuver hardwood floor nail guns close to the wall.

Most everything seems to be 2 1 4 and wider. I need to replace the 2 by 3 8 face nailed red oak flooring in a 10 12 bedroom. These nails can go into the air powered finish nailer. I was careful to hit the floor joists when face nailing and put another nail between the joists giving a 8 nail spacing.

When completed both blind nailing and top screws and plugs hide the fasteners from view. Then with a punch sink each brad 1 16 below the surface of the wood. Maybe the narrow strips are a factor. Face nailed floors are 5 16 thick.