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Title: Hardwood flooring
Post by billythekid on Dec 7^th, 2004, 10:52am

Helping my neighbour lay his new flooring atm. He hired a "gun" that you sit against the edge of the board and whack with a club hammer thingy, to put the nails in the grooves. Do these things always leave the nails proud of the surface? Every ferking nail we've had to punch in. Also, when laying this stuff is it best to lay a run at a time or like a couple on one run then one or two on the next and so on? I felt the second method was better coz there's no chance of laying a board off straight when you have one behind it(although all the sinking of the nails is pushing some of them out a bit.). Will the floor "settle" over time? i.e split the difference with gaps between boards etc.) Three questions one topic, hows that for value for money? lol

Billy

(oops make that 4 haha)

Title: Re: Hardwood flooring
Post by big_all on Dec 7^th, 2004, 11:55am

do you mean one of these b t k
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/sea/searchresults.jsp?_dyncharset=UTF-8&pn=1&pd=1&pi=1&cn=1&cd=1&q=&n=10088&x=14&y=11

Title: Re: Hardwood flooring
Post by billythekid on Dec 7^th, 2004, 12:17pm

similar to that all, the bit you step on is a bit longer(the board against the wall needs nailed end on) but thats the general thingy yeah.

Title: Re: Hardwood flooring
Post by jasonB on Dec 7^th, 2004, 5:18pm

Some of them you can adjust how far the nail is driven below the surface. If you are not hitting it hard enough it may be bouncing off the board, should be one hit to close the gap then the second one fires the nail.

Just read it again the nails are meant to go into the tounge NOT the groove.

http://www.readersdigest.co.uk/diy/webpages/253_255.htm

Jason

Title: Re: Hardwood flooring
Post by big_all on Dec 7^th, 2004, 6:17pm

Quote:

Just read it again the nails are meant to go into the tounge NOT the groove

ooohhh yeh just read that bit
[glb]silly billy[/glb] :-[ ::) ;D ;)

Title: Re: Hardwood flooring
Post by billythekid on Dec 7^th, 2004, 8:38pm

oh :-[
I'll tell him tomorrow, since we've just finished his downstairs and upstairs hall, lmfao.

Remind me in future before I try something new, to ask y'all first, what a tube!

Title: Re: Hardwood flooring
Post by big_all on Dec 7^th, 2004, 8:56pm

we all make mistakes btk most wont admit it
i like you are man enough to admit how unbelivably silly we can be ;D ;D ;)