How To Install Wide Pine Flooring

We have our pine flooring arriving monday.

How to install wide pine flooring.

It has two other plusses. Installing the wide pine boards with a floor stapler. It s also easier to install than hardwoods and wears well over the years. Prices for pine vary according to the wood s grade.

Remove the baseboards all the way around the room including doorways. Face nailing by using the traditional method of face nailing we believe that this flooring can be installed in a fraction of the time required to toe nail narrow strip hardwood flooring. The saving in labor is significant. Wide plank flooring must be carefully installed to ensure that the floor will not only be beautiful but will have.

Its easier to install than hardwood. It s been a long process anyway we are installing the floors ourselves but have considered hiring someone else to do the staining and poly. Pine is not only an attractive and inexpensive flooring choice. We had a house fire in october and all of our floors and walls had to be replaced.

Here s a pic of the craft room floor which we laid a couple years ago lined up with the new hallway flooring. If you love the look and feel of wood beneath your feet wide plank heart pine flooring is an exciting option. Jason even bought a floor stapler to help with the job my husband really needs no excuse to buy tools in the end it was cheaper to buy a stapler rather than renting one because we worked on the floors over the course of many weekends christmas break. It cant quite transport you to the old south but a pine floor will transform your rooms with its soft patina and rich glow.

The pine flooring will be attached perpendicular to the joists. The beautiful part about pine hardwood floor installation is that wood floors can be laid beautifully by an amateur with the proper research and mindfulness. Our quote includes sanding. Imprint a chalk line down the center of the room at a right angle to the floor joists.

Hairline gaps however are a natural and expected part of the traditional appearance of a wide pine floor. I love how the pine looks when it scuffs up and also how it yellows from the oil based poly. Wide pine floors are warm luxurious and beautiful if properly installed.