Hardwood Flooring

Ryan asked:


Are there any special modifications that need to be made to the Bostitch floor nailer to install flooring of other thicknesses besides 3/4″? (i.e. 3/8″, 1/2″, 5/8″, 33/32″, and metric bamboo)

Barbara

buckfart007 asked:


The flooring is solid wood tongue and groove planks and it has acclimated in the room for about a week. I was planning on installing it tomorrow, but now the weather is calling for rain from this afternoon until the middle of next week. Should I wait for the weather to return to normal or should I chance installing it?

Christian

the_dragyness asked:


We recently bought a home with horrible berber (I **** berber!) and I’m very interested in replacing the floors with bamboo. How difficult is it to install myself. I’m handy with tools, but I’m not sure if it’s a project I’ll get started and never finish if it gets too hard. What tools are necessary for the project and how can I guess how long it will take?

I would also like to get my stairs covered with bamboo, but I heard that stairs are very difficult to do. Thoughts?
Great answers so far. I will add the following - I am installing over concrete and I cannot stand laminate (I had it at my old house and ended up hating it). Oh yeah - my foyer is lenghthwise one way, and my den is lengthewise perpendicular to it. Which way would I face the wood? Split the rooms?

Ernest

corsettesandkimonos asked:


I hear that the latest trend in going green is bamboo flooring. Is the bamboo farmed, or is it harvested from wild bamboo? I ask b/c panda bears only eat bamboo; harvesting from the wild would be an endangerment to this species…

Marion

benny h asked:


i’m having a problem with a gluess lock & fold floating bamboo floor when i keep installing a new row the boards keep snaping off why is this? i will lay the first board of the row snap it in fold down than the next board the end goes on then i elevate the board at about 25 degree angle which causes the other board to lift snap in place tap slightly .when i start the third board doing same the first board would come loose this even happen to the whole row one time; just don’t understand what i’m doing wrong.

Clyde

writetolife asked:


How do you clean your floor? Is it sturdy? Do you put something on the furniture legs and appliances that prevents scratching the floor?

Juanita

Ken B asked:


We have a carpet runner at our office that has been taped down to a bamboo floor with double-sided carpet tape and masking tape. We want to get rid of the runner, but the carpet and masking tape have left a heavy, sticky residue on the bamboo floor. How do I remove the glue without compromising the clear floor finish on the bamboo?

Jorge

jbardzel asked:


To clarify–I am worried about whether the floors are hard enough to resist the scratches from their claws. I am not worried about their aesthetic preferences.

Dale

nicko asked:


I did one room with the nail gun that required the use of a mallet but seems so time consuming. I was wondering is the use of a floor stapler gun would do as good as a job. The bamboo floor is stronger than the wood. Would the staples go in?

Ann

Stacy K asked:


Also, I have heard it referred to as a laminate, even though the material I’m looking at is bamboo through-and-through. What gives?

Tina