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oak flooring
- Thread starter UKMICKY
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If you want to secret nail it then the proper tools is best. 
Thanks.
I can borrow a normal nail gun, so to reduce costs i was hoping i could use it to secret nail the floor down with it.
Im also laying an oak wood floor in the kitchen which is tonque and groove and engineered i asume as it has a three stripe pattern.
Am i right in thinking that i dont need to nail down an engineered wood floor and can simply glue together.
I can borrow a normal nail gun, so to reduce costs i was hoping i could use it to secret nail the floor down with it.
Im also laying an oak wood floor in the kitchen which is tonque and groove and engineered i asume as it has a three stripe pattern.
Am i right in thinking that i dont need to nail down an engineered wood floor and can simply glue together.
A Portanailer available from most hire shops is used to secret nail through the tongue of the flooring. A straight nailer can't do this.
Yes you can lay engineered boards on underlay and glue tongue & groove. It's called a "floating floor".
Yes you can lay engineered boards on underlay and glue tongue & groove. It's called a "floating floor".
Hmmm ,hired a secret nailer from HSS
What rubbish it turned out to be.
It was 50 mm and not one of the nail went all the way no matter how hard i hit it and they all had to be finished off by hand.
May just try electric nail gun on the other floors.
What rubbish it turned out to be.
It was 50 mm and not one of the nail went all the way no matter how hard i hit it and they all had to be finished off by hand.
May just try electric nail gun on the other floors.
For just two floors I wouldn't even entertain the idea of hiring a floor nailer, cordless drill with a small pilot bit , hammer and punch and the jobs done. Any extra time it takes is probably equalivent to the time it takes to drive to the hire shop , faf about there and learning to use it but without the added hire costs.
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