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Securing Wood Floors: Three Solutions

…hardwood floors. The most common is blind nailing, often used with 2-1/2-inch, tongue…
…and plugs. When completed, both blind nailing and screws and plugs hide the fasteners from view. Face nailing, which leaves the fasteners visible on…

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Quiet Floors for Sound Control

…4 inch gaps around all edges. Then use an acoustic sealant or silicone on the back of the acoustical sound board before nailing or screwing the boards in place. Once the new acoustical subfloor is in place, seal the edges along the 1/8th-inch gap…

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Installing New Doors

…for fit. When installing a prehung door, it's important to shim behind the hinges and check for level and plumb before nailing. Cutting to Fit Once it's cut to the proper width, it's time to cut it to length or width. Cutting the bottom…

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Crown Molding

…shell polymer, the product is inexpensive and installs using a peel-and-stick process that doesn t require any cutting, nailing or caulking. A 17 x 17 kit weighs less than five pounds, says Jim Jensen, inventor and owner of Easy Crown Molding. The…

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Stair Renovations

…to break down more easily. If your risers and treads form a 90-degree angle instead of having a rounded edge, consider nailing a piece of half-round molding the width of the stairs. Tufted carpet was not meant to be bent that way and then get the…

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Hardwood Flooring Installation Basics

…thumb, joints should be at least 12 inches apart. Blind nailing tongue-and-groove boards hides the fasteners. Each fastener…
…driven through the top of the board, a process called face nailing. Boards can also be glued down, and there are even types…

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Installing Pella Windows

…windows are ponderosa pine with aluminum clad exteriors and come with a nailing flange. Ryley prefabricated picture frames for all the windows routing out the back for the nailing flange. The large triangular windows in the 26 ft. wide gable…

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Framing a Garage Workshop

…with steel studs is as straightforward as building with stick lumber. Steel 2x4s are simply substituted for wood. Instead of nailing the framing materials together, steel studs are screwed together with fasteners. If the garage ever needs to be moved simply…

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EnergyWise House: Elements of an Energy-Efficient House

…walls, floors, roofs, and ceilings. Covered with a skin of OSB (oriented strand board) to provide an even, continuous nailing surface, these panels are made of expanded polystyrene, and filled with concrete to provide superior insulation without the…

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EnergyWise House: Video Resource Library

…walls, floors, roofs, and ceilings. Covered with a skin of OSB (oriented strand board) to provide an even, continuous nailing surface, these panels are made of expanded polystyrene cores to provide superior insulation without the settling or looping…

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