The type of installation you choose will depend on your subfloor budget lifestyle and the type of wood flooring you select.
Installing wood flooring without tongue and groove.
The tongue and groove pine flooring must run perpendicular to the floor joists.
To keep the wide boards from cupping you ll face nail them with cut nails driven through the subfloor and into the joists photo 18.
Be sure to countersink the nail drive it slightly below the surface of the wood to prevent interference in the joint.
If the current subfloor has tongue and groove hardwood planks check to see if it is attached directly to the joists or if it s on top of another subfloor.
Although tongue and groove solid hardwood flooring does fit together it must still be nailed to a subfloor.
How to nail down a tongue groove wooden floor without a power nailer.
Pro tips for installing tongue and groove flooring.
For instance solid hardwood flooring is typically nailed down during installation while tongue and groove engineered flooring is usually clicked together or completely glued down.
Tongue and groove edges lock hardwood flooring planks together along the seams ensuring a snug fit and hiding finishing nails but it is possible to install a wood floor without an interlocking.
If the subflooring is in good shape nail it down without the plywood assuming the engineered wood is of good quality and 1 2 in.
Installing tongue and groove floors engineered pre finished or bare wood is among the most popular diy projects and for good reason.
Prep layout installation and finishing tips for tongue and groove floors.
Engineered tongue and groove planks.