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billythekid

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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)

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big_all Global Moderator Trade Member Author Offline heeelllooo Posts: 5596 Total Thanks: 10 For This Post: 0 Gender: Trade: Joiner	Re: Hardwood flooring Reply #1 - 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=...
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billythekid Trade Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 3402 Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0 Trade: Plumber	Re: Hardwood flooring Reply #2 - 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.
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Reply #3 - 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

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big_all Global Moderator Trade Member Author Offline heeelllooo Posts: 5596 Total Thanks: 10 For This Post: 0 Gender: Trade: Joiner	Re: Hardwood flooring Reply #4 - 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 silly billy
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billythekid Trade Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 3402 Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0 Trade: Plumber	Re: Hardwood flooring Reply #5 - 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!
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big_all Global Moderator Trade Member Author Offline heeelllooo Posts: 5596 Total Thanks: 10 For This Post: 0 Gender: Trade: Joiner	Re: Hardwood flooring Reply #6 - 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
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