Step 1 measure the room.
How to install a hardwood floors.
Finish hardwood floor installation when you get to the last few rows switch back to nailing by hand.
On the last row cut the pieces to fit measuring the distance from the wall to the board not the tongue minus the expansion gap.
Use cut off boards from one row to start next row.
Keep joints that line up at least two rows apart.
For instance solid hardwood flooring is typically nailed down during installation while tongue and groove engineered flooring is usually clicked together or completely glued down.
Choose the hardwood species and board widths for the room installation.
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Measure the width and length of the room and multiply for the square footage.
Install hardwood floors perpendicular to the floor joists parallel to the longest wall leaving a inch expansion gap around the perimeter.
Introduction choose the boards.