By Joseph Truini
ISBN-10: 1600851126
ISBN-13: 9781600851124
There's a wide array of ground suggestions on hand -- wooden, tile and stone, laminate, resilient vinyl, bamboo, and cork -- and fitting flooring indicates householders the way to lay all of them like a pro.In this new identify from the winning construct Like a professional sequence, contractor and skilled writer Joseph Truini covers the topic in nice element; he walks readers during the strategy of set up -- made possible via greater than 350 step by step photographs and illustrations -- and explains the advantages and designated houses of other fabrics. Like prior titles within the sequence, this publication offers on its promise of, "expert recommendation from begin to finish."
About the Author
Before writing approximately carpentry, Joseph Truini labored as a transforming contractor, cabinetmaker, and union wood worker. He has written generally for magazines like Today's home-owner, This previous condo, and well known Mechanics, is the writer of the Taunton bestseller, development a Shed, and looks usually at the nationally syndicated television convey "Today's home-owner with Danny Lipford."
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You’re better off just emptying the entire room. Engineered-wood flooring can be installed over virtually any sound, hard, flat surface, including existing vinyl, wood, laminate flooring, or even concrete or ceramic tile. However, it’s always preferred to lay the planks over a clean, stable subfloor. For this installation, we removed old carpeting and then prepared the subfloor for the foam underlayment. r E a d y T h E r o o m 37 protip Use floor leveling compound, which is essentially thin wood putty, to fill low spots in the subfloor that are more than 1⁄4 in.
C Install transition moldings Transition moldings are needed around the room perimeter wherever the new oak floor will abut an adjoining room or doorway. You can buy premade moldings and thresholds, but it’s just as easy to cut them from one of the oak floorboards. protip 1. Use a caulking gun to apply a continuous bead of construction adhesive along the subfloor in front of the doorway, as shown in C . If necessary, cut away the moisture barrier to expose a few inches of subfloor, and be careful not to get any of the sticky adhesive onto your shoes.
Cut the last floorboard in the row to length using the miter saw or jigsaw, and nail it in place. whatcan gowrong Be sure to use a non- marring white rubber mallet to strike the floorboards. If you use a standard black mallet, you’ll leave dark scuff marks all over the flooring. F niques employed for the second row, with one notable exception: Use the pneumatic flooring nailer, not the manual nailer, to fasten the floorboards, as shown in G . It’s now possible to use the pneumatic nailer because you’re working far enough away from the wall that there’s space to accommodate the larger fastener.