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Originally posted by notfarnow
Jim, those floors look awesome! How are they fastened? Looks like nail holes on the faces? I laid 9" hardood planks in my kitchen & dining room... had to plug 826 screw holes!
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We used a hardwood floor stapler. It shoots a staple in the tongue. You hit it with a rubber mallet and it pushes the boards tight and shoots a staple all at once.
You can see some surface nails because we used a finish nailer to hit some of the boards near the wall where the stapler would not fit.
I started to putty in the holes and my wife stopped me, she liked the exposed look better. We were shooting for a rustic rough look. The hardwood was 2nd quality and has imperfections, again this is what we wanted.
Procon stopped for Beers one night and helped us with a problem on the 2nd floor. We could not start on a wall the best place to start was in the middle. He told us to rip a set of planks and make a groove in them so they had a groove on both sides. This made it possible to run away from the middle of the room, it worked out great. I wish I took pics of the process but we were too busy.