Face Nailed Flooring

The hole size should be close to the narrow dimension of the rectangular head of the cut nail.

Face nailed flooring.

Mark the locations of joists on perimeter walls so that the starting runs and finishing runs which require face nailing can be nailed into joists. The slip tongue is used and i will use flooring nailer again to nail the reversed one. Staple down 15 lb. There will be no face nailing for the first row.

I then use the flooring nailer to shoot the staples into the tongue. Asphalt paper or red rosin paper over the sub floor lapped 2 4 at seams. I am going to nail some temporary blocks on the back of the first row to keep them from moving. Make a simple guide to space the nails about 1.

Any flooring with straight cut edges meaning boards without interlocking tongues and grooves must be face nailed throughout the whole floor not just along the edges of the room. Wide plank flooring can also be blind nailed and face nailed or faced screwed and plugs. Face nailing is the common practice used to nail the first few rows of boards in place because it is difficult to maneuver hardwood floor nail guns close to the wall. I need to reverse the direction as you can image.

The proper way to face nail is to countersink the nails with a nail punch and fill the remaining hole with coordinating wood putty. When you hear the word face nailed applied to flooring you automatically know it refers to solid wood flooring a woodlike product or even engineered wood products. A traditional plank floor was face nailed with handmade nails. Hairline gaps however are a natural and expected part of the traditional appearance of a wide pine floor.

The saving in labor is significant. Mark each joist location with a string line no chalk and drill pilot holes for the cut nails. The design of. When completed both blind nailing and top screws and plugs hide the fasteners from view.