How To Nail Down Wood Flooring. In this video, jason shows us how to nail down a 3/8 engineered hardwood floor. Laying it parallel can cause a waving effect which is unpleasant.
By using reclaimed wood flooring, you can save trees and get an extremely beautiful floor at the same time. Either way, nails that are sticking up above the wood floor present both a danger and a nuisance. The subfloor is a little uneven and it's causing a few spots to flex a little more than might be nice underfoot.
Most wood floors are secured with nails, so along with your pieces of wood, you'll have a lot of metal debris to collect.
How To Nail Down Wood Flooring. How to install engineered wood over concrete. Obviously, these are glued to the slab or subfloor. Once the hardwood is installed, the nails are hardly visible. You've got your underlayment down, all of your planks are cut to the exact same length, and they're laid out where you plan to put them down.