This prevents sore thumbs and cracked paneling from wild hammer strokes.
Tongue and groove flooring nailer.
Nailers also called nail guns make the task of driving home several nails easier.
Lock the boards into place then face nail the first row of boards then use a pneumatic flooring nailer to nail each nail into the tongue of the board.
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If installing one half inch pine use 1 1 2 inch nails.
Instead of hitting a nailhead multiple times with a hammer the nailer shoots the nail into the wood in one step.
The traditional method of nailing hardwood tongue and groove flooring is to drive nails at an angle through the tongue of a plank and into the subfloor below but this is time consuming and can.
The length of the nails is more important than the gauge when using the nails to install tongue and groove wood.
To install tongue and groove.
If the nail is too short it won t hold the pine tongue and groove securely to the ceiling.
How to nail down a tongue groove wooden floor without a power nailer.