Install Hardwood Floor With Finish Nailer

Flooring nailers are pneumatic or manual and they make installing a hardwood floor much lighter work than it once was.

Install hardwood floor with finish nailer.

The accuracy of the flooring nailer is high while compared to other nailer. A finishing nailer will also do a decent job on the hardwood floor by shooting almost headless nails and it will leave no traces behind as you move. I am putting 2 1 2 x 3 4 hardwood flooring in a hall that is about 36 wide. Anyone using a floor nailer ends up using a finish nailer for the first and last few rows.

Pneumatic flooring nailer or stapler is the best nailer to install hardwood floor. To use this nailer position the nail shoe on the wood tongue at about a 15 degree angle downward and inward toward the plank. I used nothing but the finish nailer for a small bathroom. It is made specifically to fit over the top edge of plank and tongue.

For correct use make sure the tool s nail shoe is well positioned on the tongue angled at about 15 degrees inward and downward as if moving to the plank. I am also laying it parallel to the joists on 3 4 plywood subfloor that is in good conditon. I own a pancake compressor and a finish nailer and opted for the rental floor nailer. There is really vey little room to swing a nailer hammer since i ll probably lay the first row in the middle of the hall and work towards both walls.

200 sq ft over the weekend with sports beer breaks and that was my first hardwood install looks freakin great good luck in whatever way you opt to go oh yeah forgot to mention the chop saw as others have you will need one.