How To Install Wide Pine Flooring

Wide pine floors are warm luxurious and beautiful if properly installed.

How to install wide pine flooring.

The saving in labor is significant. I love how the pine looks when it scuffs up and also how it yellows from the oil based poly. We have our pine flooring arriving monday. Its easier to install than hardwood.

Our quote includes sanding. It s also easier to install than hardwoods and wears well over the years. It cant quite transport you to the old south but a pine floor will transform your rooms with its soft patina and rich glow. Decide if you want a wide plank floor using the full 6 inch width or if you want to lay 3 inch planks.

Jason even bought a floor stapler to help with the job my husband really needs no excuse to buy tools in the end it was cheaper to buy a stapler rather than renting one because we worked on the floors over the course of many weekends christmas break. The pine flooring will be attached perpendicular to the joists. Here s a pic of the craft room floor which we laid a couple years ago lined up with the new hallway flooring. Prices for pine vary according to the wood s grade.

We had a house fire in october and all of our floors and walls had to be replaced. The beautiful part about pine hardwood floor installation is that wood floors can be laid beautifully by an amateur with the proper research and mindfulness. Hairline gaps however are a natural and expected part of the traditional appearance of a wide pine floor. The thing that i love the most about the wide pine shiplap flooring is how it ages.

Imprint a chalk line down the center of the room at a right angle to the floor joists. We are very excited to get the floors laid. Remove the baseboards all the way around the room including doorways. Wide plank flooring must be carefully installed to ensure that the floor will not only be beautiful but will have.

Pine is not only an attractive and inexpensive flooring choice. It s been a long process anyway we are installing the floors ourselves but have considered hiring someone else to do the staining and poly. Installing the wide pine boards with a floor stapler.