Andrew Mawson wrote:
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On Sat, 6 Sep 2008 18:40:34 +0100, "George \(dicegeorge\)"
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Is there any reason why my old floorboards are nailed, other than
that it's quicker?


Historically boards were nailed with flooring brads through the
tongues( or was it the grooves) to hide the nails .

SNIP


That's pretty recent history - historically there were no tongues and
grooves and floor boards were nailed with 'cut nails' - a method that
persisted from (at least) Roman times to late Edwardian times. Cut
nails are still available - their wedge shape makes a good fixing.

AWEM

Andrew,

That's what "flooring brads" are - cut nails by another name!

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