Properly laying the first three boards in a hardwood flooring installation is essential to a quality install.
How to layout engineered wood flooring.
How to install an engineered hardwood floor engineered wood floors are easy to install and resistant to moisture making them a great alternative to traditional hardwood floors.
Since wood is a dimensionally imperfect material this can be a challenge to get right but the extra effort is worth the time investment.
While personal preference is a factor the direction in which you run hardwood flooring boards is governed by visual and structural guidelines.
Jeff hosking a flooring consultant for this old house first began laying floors 35 years ago back then 90 percent of his work was installing solid wood strips with nails.
They must be absolutely straight and laid without gaps or bends.
Use these step by step instructions to install engineered hardwood floors in your home.
To install your floor you ll need a cutting knife bevel tool a folding meter calc.
A step by step guide on where to start installing your wooden flooring.
The first three boards set the tone and direction for the floor.
Lay out a box of hardwood boards ahead of the installation to visualize lengths wood grain and colors of the boards.
When laying out the boards keep in mind to never have the ends of boards in adjacent rows line up with each other.