On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 21:16:30 -0700 (PDT), the infamous RonB
scrawled the following:

My wife and I installed about 850sf of pre-finished 3/4" solid Oak
flooring about 14 months ago. It was our first experience with real
wood flooring, and it took some time, but I didn't consider it
terribly difficult. It took about four days to lay, including one day
that was about 1/2 lost because of a nail gun malfunction. We used a
pneumatic flooring nailer. I have laid Pergo-style flooring on a
couple of occasions and hardwood does go down slower.

Yeah, floating floors are much quicker and easier. We installed a
glue-together floated on the foam bed in a Habitat home a few years
ago. I'm glad the adhesive is a slow-dry type, because we had people
walking across it as we worked and several spaces developed. Luckily,
we were able to pull them back together without a hitch.


After 14 months the floor looks great, with the exception of a couple
of minor dings received during moving........... Oh, and that dropped
pizza stone incident :^}

On the other hand, in spite of using felt and installing the Christmas-
tree nails on 8" centers (every other into a joist) we are starting to
develop a few squeaks in higher traffic areas. I am waiting to spring
to see if this situation is seasonal or not. We heat with wood so
some areas get rather warm and dry during the winter.

Well, if you didn't glue it down to the wood joists, you'll have
squeaks, period. If I were to do another, I'd glue the boards to
themselves, too. I -abhor- wooden floor squeaks.

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