Installing Wide Plank Pine Flooring

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Installing wide plank pine flooring.

When installing solid wide plank floors over a plywood subfloor the best method is to apply adhesive to the floorboards blind nail the length of the boards with a pneumatic nailer and face nail when you reach the end of a board. Lay the boards perpendicular to the floor joists. For wide plank installation many installers will apply waterless urethane adhesive applied in a snake like pattern on the back of each wide plank as it is installed fig 5 this will bond the planks directly to the sub floor and minimize any squeaks or movement in the future as well as limit the risk of cupping or buckling. For example 8 minimum stagger for 4 planks 12 stagger for 6 planks.

If you use different widths of pine boards you can start at one end and work your way to the other. Expansion space against the wall. As a quick reminder we chose wide plank yellow pine from lumber liquidators. Although this is ideal many wide plank flooring products will not allow for such a wide stagger due to the amount of shorter boards.

Wide plank flooring must be carefully installed to ensure that the floor will not only be beautiful but will have longevity with that beauty. If you use all of the same size i would recommend start installing them in the middle of the room and work your way out on both sides keeping the last board on each side the same size. Make sure to read all about our flooring choices and inspiration one major note about unfinished wood flooring the planks need to acclimate in the space. To make a transition between the pine floor in one room and a different floor material in another cut a pine threshold to fit between the entry doorjambs.

Attempt to stagger end joints of boards row to row a minimum of twice the width of the flooring. The tongue and groove pine flooring must run perpendicular to the floor joists. The planks in this floor are 14 wide. To keep the wide boards from cupping you ll face nail them with cut nails driven through the subfloor and into the joists photo 18.

The lengths are up to 16 long. Installing your pine flooring 1 pull a taut string across the floor along longest wall of the room and chalk mark that line. When beginning your wide pine floor installation process we highly recommend that you face your nailing in boards 8 in width or wider. If the flooring must enter a closet or wrap around an outside corner use a sabre saw to cut the stock to fit.