Face Nailed Strip Flooring

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Face nailed strip flooring.

When completed both blind nailing and top screws and plugs hide the fasteners from view. I replaced some individual strips some time back but 120 sq ft is a little different challenge previously i predrilled all the nail holes and hand nailed. Face nailed floors are 5 16 thick. It just depends on how narrow you indoor humidly range is.

In the roberts 1903 catalog they state to use 1 1 4 inch 15 gauge finish nails. Maybe the narrow strips are a factor. Wide plank flooring can also be blind nailed and face nailed or faced screwed and plugs. So if all this sounds like too much work just buy the standard 3 1 4 wide t g strip floor and blind nail it simply and easily with the flooring nailer.

Most everything seems to be 2 1 4 and wider. These nails can go into the air powered finish nailer. I don t see much discussion of putting down 1 1 2 strip flooring. Face nailing is the common practice used to nail the first few rows of boards in place because it is difficult to maneuver hardwood floor nail guns close to the wall.

I was careful to hit the floor joists when face nailing and put another nail between the joists giving a 8 nail spacing. The proper way to face nail is to countersink the nails with a nail punch and fill the remaining hole with coordinating wood putty. Here are some tips for top nailed 5 16 inch floors. That s why i switched to the palm nailer and the larger finish nails.

Don t make the mistake of buying stainless steel nails. I need to replace the 2 by 3 8 face nailed red oak flooring in a 10 12 bedroom. Then with a punch sink each brad 1 16 below the surface of the wood. A 4 wide plank is still begging to be face pegged as i mentioned also in the article.