Adding an accent wall to your home can be easy and fun simply by covering it with beautiful flooring.
How to install hardwood flooring on a wall.
It s a great upgrade to your home and can add a touch of rustic charm to a single wall or to an entire room.
To serve as a guide for laying the first course straight snap a chalk line perpendicular to the joist lines and near your starting wall.
Installation depends on personal preference and the type of wood you are working with.
Option 2 face nail using electric brand nail gun or finish nail gun the first few rows of boards you install.
The first course in the installation shown here abuts an existing wood floor.
Option 1 face nail using finish nails then angle nail the first few rows of boards you install.
For all of you who like to do it yourself.
Measure the length and width of the room and multiply them together.
Start the first course with the groove side facing the wall or existing flooring.
Put the first board up against the mason s line with the groove side facing away from the walls.
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This will keep your very first rows straight where wall prevents the use of the floor nail gun.
Just think positive and don t be afraid to do something you ve never done before.
Start the installation at the longest unobstructed wall.
Wood flooring on walls.
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Remove the shoe molding and snap a chalk line 3 8 out from the baseboard this allows for expansion in the hot humid weather and contraction in the colder drier weather of the hardwood flooring.