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Wideboard Hardwood Floor Installation

The floor installation is underway, and Howard Brickman and crew are on site laying down the boards that extend throughout most of the first floor. Because of the home's open floor plan and the unusually generous length of the reclaimed oak floor boards, the crew lays out a starter board that spans each room. The starter board is used as a reference point for the subsequent boards. Next, a bead of adhesive is applied to the backside of each board, and the individual pieces are laid out and tapped into place. Finally, Howard uses a flooring nailer to fasten the boards into place.

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Wideboard Hardwood Floor Installation

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" Well Howard Brickman is with us now is our flooring installer extraordinaire. And talking about extraordinary look at the length and size of -- board. About an eighteen foot -- Just beautiful now Howard how did you get started installing the floor I mean this is an open plan almost. -- with an open plan we pick a straight line that projects from one room to the other we place a straight line and we put a straight board this is our starter board. We put a straightforward and then we reverse direction to go both directions with the and that our answers to the proper axis of the house so though all the boards are parallel to existing walls explain reversing direction. Reversing direction is where we take us find. And replace it. In the groove. And we put the next piece against it acts like upon yet and hopefully it. Exactly OK now what's the manufacturer's. Suggested installation method. On the suggested installation method for this flooring is to. Place an adhesive on the underside of the floor. And then nail flooring to place OK. We put a bead of adhesive across the back of the floor. Now what type -- adhesive -- it's a urethane adhesive Bob it's it dries by combination of evaporation and absorbing moisture relative humidity. Here. Place the piece -- location. That in place. And we do one run at a time. You know. Place the adhesive on the back of the board. So united uniform bond with the subfloor. "

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" A little bit like toe dancing and some more. -- Now what about nailing. Obvious power nailer. And this last piece we'll just hand -- on the -- Sure."

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