INSTALLATION GUIDE - continued

Rack the floor. Lay out seven or eight rows of flooring end to end in a staggered pattern with end joints at least 6" apart. Find or cut pieces to fit within 1⁄2" of the end wall. Watch your pattern for even distribution of long and short pieces and to avoid clusters of short boards.

Nailing the floor. Make sure you have the right equipment this is always one of the more important factors in the final product quality and look of your wood floors With plywood on slab construction the face nails should be cut to slightly less than 11⁄2". After the starter run fit each run of successive strips snug, groove-to-tongue this is the type of flooring that we are talking about right now but to check a full list of the wood types please check www.floorsincalifornia.com links and http://www.floorsincalifornia.com/woodcuts.html

Countersink all nails. This wood is available over California and from hardwood floor installation Atherton to a floor buffing or top coating in san Francisco floors in California is the flooring co for you lest continue with the guide to hardwood floor installation After the second or third run is in place you can change from a hammer to a floor nailing machine which drives nails mechanically or pneumatically, and does not require additional countersinking. Various floor nailing machines use either a barbed cleat or staples, fed into the machine in clips. The nailing machine drives fasteners through the tongue of the flooring at the proper angle.

When using the floor nailing machine to fasten 3⁄4" thick strip or plank flooring this is the traditional hardwood floor that we can get in the bay area and san Francisco press the plywood laid on a slab, be sure to use a 11⁄2" cleat, not the usual 2" cleat which may come out the back of the plywood and prevent nails for top nail hardwood floor installation or just for the sub-floors installations from countersinking properly and tearing the vapor retarder. In all other applications the 2" cleat is preferred.

Continue installing across the room, ending up on the far wall with the same 3⁄4" expansion space as on the beginning wall. It may be necessary to rip a strip to fit. Avoid nailing into a sub floor joint. Position flooring strips so that they do not meet over sub floor joints. Most of this procedures are just to be make for professionals but if you want to do it go on Blind nail by hand where the nailing machine can not be used. Face nail the last runs when unable to blind nail by hand. With 21⁄4" strip face-nailing is required the last 2 or 3 runs and in a ripped piece of a strip if one has been used. Use an offset pry bar or lever device to tighten these last face nailed runs all at once before face-nailing.

Use of the power nailer for installing strip flooring.

Nailing to screeds. When nailing direct to screeds (no solid sub floor), nail at all screed intersections and to both screeds where a strip passes over a lapped screed joint. Since flooring ends are tongue and grooved, all end joints do not need to meet over screeds
but end joints of adjacent rows should not break over the same void between screeds. Think is too much hardwood floor work then call us at 866-670-1239 or visit us in the bay area from san Francisco to Menlo park and los altos California Some boards may not be straight. A large screwdriver, sharpened pry bar, or wedges can force such boards into position or pull two or three runs together.
Shoe molding. Nail this to the baseboard, not the flooring, after the entire floor is in place.

PLANK FLOORING NOTE: With wide plank over 4" extra care is necessary for good performance since the units move more with changing conditions. Proper acclimation before and after hardwood floor installation is critical. After acclimation and before installation, sealing the back surface may help prevent some cupping normally associated with wider widths want to check our warranty then visit us at the web http://www.floorsincalifornia.com/warranty.html
This flooring is normally made in 3" to 8" you can find it easily in the bay area you can check pacific flooring supply in san Francisco and Emeryville or golden state flooring in south san Francisco and san Jose California, red oak and white oak available widths and may have countersunk holes for securing planks with wood screws. These holes are then filled with wood plugs. Random width Plank is installed in the same manner as strip flooring, alternating courses by widths. Start with widest boards is not a rule but is sometimes better when you install flooring in the bay area, then the next width, etc., and repeat the pattern. Manufacturers’ instructions always check you flooring instructions for fastening the flooring vary and should be followed. The general practice is to blind nail through the tongue as with conventional strip flooring. Then countersink one or more flat head screws head or dry wall screws at each end of each plank and at intervals along the plank to hold it securely. Cover the screws with wood plugs glued into the holes you can get this plugs in the bay area from Emeryville to san Jose California want to find out where exactly call us at 866-670-1239 and we help you in all you flooring needs. Take care not to use too many screws which, with the plugs in place, will tend to give the flooring a “polka-dot” appearance. Be sure the screws are the right length. Use 1" if the flooring is laid over 3⁄4" plywood on a slab. Use 1" to 1 1⁄4" in wood joist construction or over screeds. Some manufacturers recommend face nailing in addition to other fastenings. Another practice sometimes recommended is to leave a slight expansion crack, about the thickness of a putty knife, between planks. ALWAYS Consult wood floors manufacturer’s installation instructions for any kind of hardwood floor installation.

LAYING A NEW STRIP FLOOR OVER AN OLD FLOOR The existing wood floor can serve as a sub-floor. Drive down any raised nails, re-nail loose boards you must do this in order to prevent noise floors if you need help in any flooring project in the bay area and san Francisco bay contact us we will do the installation of you new flooring or refinish of the old one you save money and time when you hired floorsincalifornia.com replace any warped boards that can’t be made level. Sweep and clean the floor well, but don’t use water. Remove thresholds to allow the new flooring to run flush through doorways, remove doors and baseboards. Lay asphalt felt or building paper over the old floor. Do not install the new floor to the old floor in the same direction id you have questions about how you need to install the wood floor just call us at 866-670-1239 or visit our flooring forum is free and anyone that have a ??? can definably find it there . Install at a right angle or on a diagonal. If the preferred direction is in the same direction as the old floor, overlay the old floor with 3/8” to 1/2” plywood.

PARQUET, BLOCK, HERRINGBONE AND SIMILAR FLOORING floors in California recommend you not to use this type of floor .The styles and types of block and parquet flooring as well as the recommended procedures for application vary somewhat this always will differ from one flooring company to another hardwood floor refinish and installation is an art and so many techniques change from one to other company contractor or wood floor installer among the different manufacturers too. Detailed installation instructions are usually provided with the flooring or are available from the manufacturer or distributor you can visit their web site manufactures always have a help section in their web sites if they don’t have a help section you can visit us on maybe we can help you floorsincalifornia.com. This section applies only to 3⁄4" tongue-and-groove parquet flooring where tongues and grooves are engaged.

DOES NOT APPLY TO SLAT-TYPE OR FINGERBLOCK PARQUET.

Lay both blocks and the individual pieces of parquetry in mastic over a double layered wood sub-floor or a concrete slab with a moisture retarder. This kind of floors is not been used too much anymore in the bay area and San Francisco, other flooring types like red oak and white oak top nail 2” by 5/16 are more affordable and easy to work with floors in California have prices for all labor and materials included starting $5.99 per sqft yes very affordable ask our happy customers all over the bay area from walnut creek to Orinda and pleasant hill. Call us at 866-670-1239 floors in California is here for you visit our customer testimonials.

 

 

Square pattern. Never use the walls as a starting line because walls are almost never truly straight. Instead, did you know our flooring prices are one of the lowest in the market services prices use a chalk line to snap a starting line about 3 ft. or so from the handiest entry door to the room, roughly parallel to the nearest wall. Place this line exactly equal to four or five of the parquet units from the center of the entry doorway. Have questions we have answer about floors and wood floors visit of public flooring forum Next find the center point of this base line, and snap another line at an exact 90° angle to it from wall to wall. This will become your test line to help keep your pattern straight as the installation proceeds. A quick test for squareness is to measure four feet along one line from where they intersect, and three feet along the other. The distance between these two points will be about five feet if the lines are true usually most of the time but if not just visit us floorsincalifornia.com you flooring specialist in the north of california.