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To INSTALL HARDWOOD FLOORING  THERE ARE PRINCIPAL STEPS NEEDED TO CONSIDER BEFORE CONFRONTING THE TASK AHEAD. AM I UP TO THE TASK? – DO I HAVE THE TIME AND ENERGY TO DO THIS? – AM I WILLING TO RESEARCH THE THINGS I NEED TO KNOW?   _____ IF YOU ARE THE ‘ DO IT YOURSELF’ PERSON AND YOU ARE WILLING TO PUT YOUR SHOULDER TO THE TASK AHEAD, THEN; THE BENEFIT OF LEARNING A NEW PROFESSION IS GUARANTEED.

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TOOLS: HAVING THE RIGHT TOOLS ARE MOST IMPORTANT. THIS ENABLES YOU TO INSTALL HARDWOOD FLOORS MORE EFFICIENTLY. HERE WE WILL POST TOOLS YOU WILL NEED AND DIRECTIONS ON HOW TO INSTALL HARDWOOD FLOORS. IN THE POSTED SLIDE: ‘https://electromagnyc.com/home-improvement/what-tools-do-i-need/ ; YOU WILL SEE MOST TOOLS NEEDED ON HOW TO INSTALL HARDWOOD FLOORS. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DECISIONS YOU WILL HAVE TO MAKE, SO WE WILL GO THROUGH THESE STEP BY STEP.                                   FIRST, THE INTEGRITY OF EXISTING FLOOR IS IMPORTANT. IT’S ALWAYS BEST TO TAKE UP EXISTING FLOOR AND START AFRESH. STRIPPING OLD FLOOR TO ITS JOISTS. THERE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO INSPECT AND CORRECT ANY EXISTING FAULTS. YOU MAY HAVE TO STRIP ANY TRIMS, WITH EXCEPTION OF DOOR TRIMS. WE WILL DISCUSS THAT LATER.     SECOND, MEASURE PERIMETER OF ROOM IN ORDER TO DECIDE AMOUNT OF SUB AND HARDWOOD FLOORING NEEDED.  USUALLY IT’S ALWAYS BEST TO USE BETWEEN 3/4 OR 5/8 PLY FOR YOUR SUB FLOOR DEPENDING ON SIZE, HEIGHT AND TRAFFIC PROJECTED IN THAT AREA, THUS ESTABLISHING A FIRM AND RIGID PLATFORM FOR FLOORING.                   Assume you have a rectangular area such as a room and, for example, you want to calculate the square footage area for flooring or carpet. The way to calculate a rectangular area is by measuring the length and width of your area then multiplying those two numbers together to get the area in feet squared (ft 2 ).                THERE ARE TWO PRACTICES BEST PERFORMED WHILE PLACING SUB FLOORS: (1) MAKE SURE TO ‘STAGGER’ SUB FLOOR, THERE ARE MANY PHYSICS TO THIS REASONING. I’LL GIVE YOU TWO REASONS. STAGGERING ALLOWS STRENGTH IN FORMATION. FLOOR WILL LAST LONGER AND WONT CREASED OR SQUEAK WHEN UNEVEN WEIGHT IS PLACED ON IT, WHILE; PLACING BOARD IN STRAIGHT LINE WILL ‘BOUNCE’ THEREFORE ALLOWING PRONOUNCED CREASING AMONG MANY OTHER ISSUES. (2) USING SCREWS TO PLACE YOUR SUB FLOOR DOWN. USING NAILS ON YOUR SUB FLOOR WILL EVENTUALLY CAUSE ‘BOUNCING’ AFTER A PERIOD OF YEARS. SCREWS HOWEVER, HAVE GROVES TO GRIP AND HOLD FLOOR IN PLACE. DID I SAY TWO PRACTICES? WELL, THREE: IT WOULD BENEFIT TO RUN GLUE ON THE JOISTS BEFORE LAYING SUB FLOORS.     SOME FLOORS REQUIRE MOISTURE BARRIER. WE WILL DISCUSS THAT IN OUR NEXT POST.                                                                          THE WAY HOW TO INSTALL HARDWOOD FLOORS IS TYPICALLY EASY. THE MOST IMPORTANT START IS FOR YOU TO INITIALLY LAY OUT YOUR PATTERN OF PLACEMENT, THEN START DOING THE PERMANENT INSTALLATION. MAKE SURE THAT THE FIRST LINE OF FLOORING IS STRAIGHT AND SQUARE. THEN THE REST IS EASY.   BELOW IS A VIDEO ON HOW TO INSTALL HARDWOOD FLOORS . AS TO DOOR TRIM; JUST PLACE FLOORING FLAT AGAINST TRIM, MARK AND CUT AT LINE THEN SLIDE FLOORING UNDER TRIM. PLEASE WATCH VIDEO.