Hardwood Floor Expansion Gaps and Fitting Borders - "Laying Hardwood Floors" Part 5 of 8
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Part 5 of Don Bollinger's 1990 "Laying Hardwood Floors" instructional video.
He knows what he's doing unlike some of the videos on youtube.
Nice to see great craftsmanship. Its very rare these days. I'm working on a floor now. This was very helpful. Thank you. Have a blessed day..
Very good video. A good lecture by this provider!
Thumbs up!!
That looked like it was from a video tape, and the tools they were using already 20 years old. Still very good info.
And point being? Unless you need a video on how to recharge a battery
Very nice craftsmanship! Very helpful! Thanks!
I have a question
Where did you buy that nailer machine
Is this in 90s?
I will continue looking for the "click" hardwood flooring though...
Just wondering how you allow for expansion around the register. Using your formula allowing 1/16 per foot in a wide room does this create a problem?
my back hurts just watching this
What I do not understand is: do you not need to keep an expansion gap around the grill you installed? Why not? You place the boards flush against the grill surrounds there, will that not make expansion gap issues?
Dumb question: I know that wood expands, and maybe it will expand 1/16" per foot of wood. But, if the hardwood is nailed to the subfloor every 6 to 8 inches along the length of every board, HOW IN THE WORLD IS IT GOING TO EXPAND 3/4" INTO THE DRYWALL???
You would be surprised how much a floor moves even with The cleats or even staples on an angle Through the tongue
You could nail the wood every space available without cracking it and that wood would still expand and contract.
@@tofan2622 True. But each board would expand only a small amount.
I think that you missed my point.
Tom Silva and Bob Vila cousin???
Yeah, there is no way this guys works this slow when they got no cameras around, if I work this slow installing floors i’d Be poor!
The museum called they want their tools back ASAP Jack!
it makes no sense!!! How can boards move when they are nailed down. I think you are wrong. So what, wood expand and contract but why leave the huge gap, the wood IS NAILED DOWN SO NAILS PREVENT IT FROM MOVING.
free thinker moisture and shifting within the foundation of the house. Wood is a sponge
Heh you're right....hundreds of years of hardwood installers know this is how it works but hey....it doesn't seem like it makes sense to you, someone who has never done this and has no experience, so they must all be wrong.
@@Aezelll Maybe its "Hundreds of years of hardwood installers following the same flawed instructions, and nobody wanting to try to forego the expansion gap, because they don't want to pay the cost of their blunder if they are wrong."
@@tommacdonald6070 Well, you can certainly think that and be wrong. Talk to any hardwood installer. They get called to fix floors that buckle up all the time because no gap was left. You clearly have no idea what you are talking about and have no experience in the industry. Why are you even commenting?
@@Aezelll Hardwood floors can buckle when they are exposed to water. All of the boards, being nailed down, try to expand. But they can't, because they are nailed to the subfloor. So they cup and buckle. I would love to see a picture of a floor that buckled because it ran into the walls. Also, you did not answer my question: How can the hardwood floor "expand" into the walls when it is securely fastened in so many places, with nails to the subfloor? HMMM?