How to Install Westhollow Solid Hardwood Flooring

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iFLOOR.com shows how do-it-yourselfers can install their own pre-finished solid hardwood flooring from Westhollow.

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#1 written by staciepaul 1 year ago

Nice video. I love the care taken in the install. How about springing for a pneumatic nailer / stapler for your installer? Kidding Nice looking floor. Thanks for posting. I start my job this weekend.

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#3 written by honda16365 1 year ago

use a chisel or similar tool what a knob..

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#4 written by rafloors 1 year ago

nice steps, you need 4” between crosseams U FKN ROOKIE

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#5 written by Nozzle117 1 year ago

Well, at 6:05 the narrator says “every 8 to 10 inches.” Although the installer did appear to put nails down closer to 2 feet.

Great video still.

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#6 written by cornholio1a1 1 year ago

I install floors since 1996 and have to say that this video is very well done. BUT he can ‘t be serious putting nails 2 feet apart !! I could live with nail every 6 inches but not this far. Especially on wide boards like that the gaps are probably 1/4″ wide by now…

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#7 written by ecrma1 1 year ago

Excellent resource – well organized, informative and not product brand driven. Yeah!

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#8 written by tiktak25 1 year ago

If you have particle board as a sub floor you need engineered hardwood flooring. and no its not laminate… its just like the nail down but engineered for GLUE instead of nails.
The cost is the same in most cases but the install cost is usually a little higher due to more work applying a room full of glue.

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#9 written by leisenstein 1 year ago

I think it’s b/c it’s the hand-scraped flooring. Some floors are designed to look like this. As with any Internet picture or video, it looks much different up close. I actually REALLY like that type of finish.

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#10 written by 007johnie 1 year ago

floor looks bad. as in ulgy. i can see the spacing between boards

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#11 written by flooringchicago 1 year ago

Super! I Thanks for the video presentation.

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#12 written by blevinsbulldog1 1 year ago

you cant put nail down floor on top of particle board, it wont hold the nail. your standard sub floor now is 3/4 plywood.

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#13 written by quadruplelatte 1 year ago

If subfloor is particle board,should I lay plywood before installing wood flooring? If so, how thick?

So the power nailer doesn’t require pilot holes and the wood won’t split? Why is that?

Thanks for the video!

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#14 written by n3o321 1 year ago

is it okay to do hardwood flooring on top of parkay wood?
should an underlay material be used?
what do you do if the floor if its popping up and not level?

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#15 written by kdfisherga 1 year ago

I lived and worked in Fla for 15 years installing hardwood floors. It’s not really an issue unless you don’t use air conditioning.

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#16 written by jeamsanna 1 year ago

Nice work. keep it up. mean time come for social media marketing for esteembpo**com dfhbgfh

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#17 written by gimplar 1 year ago

Absolutely not.

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#18 written by gimplar 1 year ago

..like if you live in Florida?

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#19 written by wellington0099 1 year ago

nice job give me work

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#20 written by jacobjudah 1 year ago

Maybe not 3/4 inch, but he should have left/mentioned a gap near wall. This is a tutorial, add by not mentioning this critical step, he’s potentially setting up someone to find problems down the road. Also, he should have mentioned securing the plank from top to bottom; he only does the one side. ALWAYS when doing a tutorial, NEVER leave out information, or assume the viewer knows any step.

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#21 written by kdfisherga 1 year ago

3/4″ expansion isn’t necessary for smaller layouts such as what is shown in the video. In reality, hardwood floors will not expand that much unless exposed to very prolonged periods of moisture and high humidity.

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#22 written by kelsiecullen13 1 year ago

he isint leaving a 3/4 inch gap from the wall what about humidity

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#23 written by ahujaroberta 1 year ago

Wonderful for learning this!
everything is easy and straightforward.
Step by step directions and tips

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#24 written by jimwisneski 1 year ago

finish from the ceiling down, so ceiling, walls, then the floor.

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#25 written by duncanranger 1 year ago

Now why is it gonna buckle in less than six months?

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