Hardwood floors also help cut down on dust mites.
Install hardwood flooring around banister.
For various dimension of floorings in various locations there are various suggestions that i can share to you.
For instance solid hardwood flooring is typically nailed down during installation while tongue and groove engineered flooring is usually clicked together or completely glued down.
Maintenance is easy for a pre finished hardwood floor keep grit off of the surface by sweeping regularly and use a flooring cleaning kit alcohol based and spray on and wipe off with a damp cloth.
The type of installation you choose will depend on your subfloor budget lifestyle and the type of wood flooring you select.
I am replacing the carpet and laying hardwood in my upstairs and need help deciding whether the hardwood should be installed under the shoe rail a 12 long piece of oak that the balusters dowel into since there is no plow or should i reinstall the entire railing onto the subfloor and then install my hardwood around the shoe rail and newel.
I am about to replace the carpeting in the living room of my 13 year old side split bungalow once the carpet is removed i will install a high end laminate.
Hardwood floor nailer to test out which they claim is specifically designed to install brittle tongued flooring.
Rather than having the railing and spindles removed for installing hardwood flooring i fitted the hardwood flooring around the spindles http woodgears ca.
Fortunately powernail sent me their new model 2000f 20ga.
This nailer is much smaller than a traditional hardwood flooring nailer and doesn t require a mallet to hit the nail gun and shoot the nails.
Once i had the hardwood flooring in place and bought new spindles installing the spindles was a breeze.
Drill holes for the dowels or pins that come with the spindles try to do this before you install the wood because it makes a mess re drilled the holes in the underside of the handrail to make sure they are all the correct depth.