Nailing down hardwood floors is the most common installation method especially for solid flooring.
Floating floor nails.
Only certain types of flooring should be installed below grade or on a cement foundation.
Since laminate flooring is a floating floor it is not meant to be attached to the subfloor by nails or glue.
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Floating floor cost.
If you want to lay inch plywood as a subfloor or another inch flooring over a subfloor you should use an appropriate size of nail to ensure the flooring stays in place.
Flooring nails have special qualities that make them suitable for the job.
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Since laminate flooring looks so much like hardwood flooring you may wonder if the installation process is to nail laminate flooring down to the subfloor.
Costs of a floating floor vary considerably and are based mostly on the type of material and its quality.
Floating floors require floor prep floating floors do require subfloor prep.
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Generally speaking professional installation of a floating floor is considerably less expensive than most glue down or nail down floors carpet is the exception since installation is much easier and faster.
Concrete floors can be laid in basements or at ground level while upper level subfloors generally consist of wood.
The subfloor flatness requirements for a floating floor are the same as for a glue down floor.
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They are not made to hide bad subfloors.
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Nail down most common wood subfloor solid engineered floors only on grade or above grade less risk for sanding.
Types of nails for laying hardwood floor.
For the flooring industry that is inch in 10 feet or inch in 6 feet.
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