On Thu, 26 Jun 2014 18:44:01 +0000, Joan
wrote:

replying to Toller, Joan wrote:
Toller wrote:

I have oak floors. Nail heads come up, I push them down, and they come up
again.
I won't even ask why they come up, but just how do I keep them from doing
it.
Pull them and put in larger nails (thicker, longer?)? Some sort of glue?
Move?


Brand new house, repurposed old boards,

Does repurposed mean that the boards were not used for flooring before?
That's what it does mean, but what do you mean by the word.

If they were used as flooring before, IMO they are not repurposed. It
is the same purpose, just somewhere else. Tthey are used, or reclaimed,
or salvaged, or second- hand.

How wide is each board? How long?

Does every board have a nail in it? Two? One at each end? Or what?

How long have they been nailed down and what percent of the nails are
coming up? In the center of the room, near the edge?

Does each board have a tongue that matches the groove in the next board?


Was a nail set used to put the nail heads below the surface? Probably.
What kind of heads did the nails have? Headless? Something else? Be
sure to use a nail set all the time, so you get the head below the
surface without damaging the floor

radiant heat below, nervous about
longer nails....right now I simply have a community hammer and everyone
knows what to do with it and nobody is allowed to go barefoot! Will try a
little glue in the hole. Thanks