How To Install Wide Pine Flooring

Wide pine floors are warm luxurious and beautiful if properly installed.

How to install wide pine flooring.

Installing the wide pine boards with a floor stapler. Imprint a chalk line down the center of the room at a right angle to the floor joists. The saving in labor is significant. Decide if you want a wide plank floor using the full 6 inch width or if you want to lay 3 inch planks.

Our quote includes sanding. We had a house fire in october and all of our floors and walls had to be replaced. I love how the pine looks when it scuffs up and also how it yellows from the oil based poly. If you love the look and feel of wood beneath your feet wide plank heart pine flooring is an exciting option.

It s been a long process anyway we are installing the floors ourselves but have considered hiring someone else to do the staining and poly. Pine is not only an attractive and inexpensive flooring choice. Face nailing by using the traditional method of face nailing we believe that this flooring can be installed in a fraction of the time required to toe nail narrow strip hardwood flooring. Wide plank flooring must be carefully installed to ensure that the floor will not only be beautiful but will have.

The thing that i love the most about the wide pine shiplap flooring is how it ages. The pine flooring will be attached perpendicular to the joists. Jason even bought a floor stapler to help with the job my husband really needs no excuse to buy tools in the end it was cheaper to buy a stapler rather than renting one because we worked on the floors over the course of many weekends christmas break. Hairline gaps however are a natural and expected part of the traditional appearance of a wide pine floor.

Its easier to install than hardwood. It cant quite transport you to the old south but a pine floor will transform your rooms with its soft patina and rich glow. We are very excited to get the floors laid. We have our pine flooring arriving monday.

Remove the baseboards all the way around the room including doorways. It s also easier to install than hardwoods and wears well over the years. Here s a pic of the craft room floor which we laid a couple years ago lined up with the new hallway flooring.