Correct Staple For 2 25 75 Oak Floor

6 25 2003 5 23 44 pm.

Correct staple for 2 25 75 oak floor.

Use 18 ga 1 1 2 long staples when installing thinner 1 2 thick solid wood floors per manufacturer s recommendation. This flooring can be installed over old wood flooring or over a plywood sub floor. If you re hiring out be careful with those bragging artists that claim the job can be done in half the time. Standard flooring nails often termed cleats right bottom in the industry quantities are different.

Leg x 1 2 in. If you ever glue a floor then you can use cleats or staples because they don t matter once the glue sets up which only takes about 1 or 2 days. Wide x varying length solid hardwood flooring 20 sq. For a standard 400 square foot room furniture moved and ready to go.

Crown 15 1 2 gauge coated steel hardwood flooring staple 7 728 per box. The kit comes with a screwdriver bit depth control fixture and 25 breakaway screws. For anyone that doesn t want their flooring to squeak the answer is flooring adhesive. If you are working atop a single plywood layer we recommend adding a second layer of 1 4 to 1 2 inch plywood or commercial floor substrate material.

Bruce plano marsh oak 3 4 in. Seems to be so many out there and it will only for homeowner use. Common 2 1 4 strip flooring will take 10 12 hours for an experienced installer. Use wood or drywall screws to attach the substrate to the floor.

I regularly see a plank floor random 3 5 7 inch red oak and it s still as tight as the day i installed it. Fixing squeaky hardwood floors. A minimum 3 4 inch thick sub floor is required. Use 15 ga 1 3 4 long staples when installing 3 4 solid wood flooring when 3 4 plywood is applied directly over a concrete slab so that the staple does not go through the 3 4 plywood hitting the concrete.

5 16 and thicker 18 gauge staples with 3 16 crown may be used for 1 4 underlayment. For nailed floors a standard 2 size cleat nail manufactured by bostitch contains 5 000 nails right top can you buy a smaller quantity. Thick x 2 1 4 in. I am installing 3 4 solid hardwood over 3 4 plywood should i use 1 1 2 or 2 also any recomendations on off brand floor nailers.

1 000 can be purchased in smaller boxes while a larger one handles 5 000. The counter snap kit 8 provides an effective nearly undetectable way to stop squeaks in hardwood floors.