Blind Nailing Floors

For stubborn boards there are several options.

Blind nailing floors. Blind nail the board into place. Most boards have a tongue and groove and nails driven through the tongue hold a. In olden times blind nailing was done with a hammer to start the nail then as a woodworker got close to the wood a nailset was used with the hammer to countersink the. Before flooring installers had power nailers they had to blind nail all flooring boards by hand.

One can either do it by hand with a long handled screwdriver or invest in a tool called the power jack shown on the right. For tongue and groove flooring drive a nail at a 45 degree angle through the tongue then conceal it by engaging the groove of the next board. The process involves driving a series of nails into the tongue of a. At one point it will be necessary to top nail the last few rows.

When nailing the final courses do so by blind nailing or nailing into the groove at a 45 degree angle. To face nail a board you simply drive a nail through its face into the sub floor. Be sure to countersink the nail drive it slightly below the surface of the wood to prevent interference in the. Blind nail at a 45 angle through the tongue 1 2 from the end joints and every 6 in between along the length of the starter boards predrill holes to make this easier.

The technique flooring installers most often use to secure hardwood boards to the subfloor is called blind nailing. Set the bit in the corner formed by the tongue and edge of the board angled at 45 degrees. The first face nailing is the method you use to secure the first and last course of flooring as well as boards with straight edges. The process of blind nailing.

Depending on the width of the flooring it may be necessary to do this for the first few rows prior to using a pneumatic stapler nailer. Blind nailing is a method of concealing a nail using the adjacent installed board. Fill nailed areas with appropriate colored wood filler to match the flooring. The second method called toe nailing or blind nailing involves driving the nails through the tongues of the flooring boards at.