Like unfinished hardwood floors the prefinished types typically have tongue and groove edges on all sides.
How to install prefinished hardwood floors on concrete.
This is a good way to close the gap.
Unpack the flooring and spread it around the room to acclimate.
The new hardwood floor is ready for immediate use.
In the photo note the flooring scrap extending the force of a pry bar into the piece being nailed.
This old house general contractor tom silva shows how to install a beautiful wood floor in just less than one day.
Flooring usually takes three to five days to acclimate but the real test of acclimation is when its moisture content as measured by.
Scrap lengths can be shortened as rows are added.
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How to install prefinished solid hardwood flooring laying a solid hardwood strip floor is easier and faster if you choose a prefinished product to avoid the extra work of sanding staining and finishing.
Solid wood floors should not be installed in basements or below grade.