subject: Preparation For Laying Down Hardwood Flooring [print this page] No matter what room of the house it is, hardwood flooring will always add beauty and elegance to your home. It is like adding the natural beauty of the outdoors. It will give your house a sense of permanence no matter you have it in the living room, bathroom or kitchen. It will give you the key to naturalistic beauty and classic quality that any elite mansion also has.
So, how are you going to prepare in laying down your hardwood flooring? You need to prepare a few things, which means you need to gather the appropriate materials for this project. You need to have the specific hardwood flooring that you have already chosen. Generally, when laying down you will need materials like table saw, electric miter saw, skill saw, measuring tape, small square, hammer, pencil, 6d finish nails, wood putty, 3/8 inch spacers, nail sets and chalk line. But, in preparation, just the measurement materials and the 3/8 inch spacers will be needed.
First, you need to prepare for the flooring project by measuring one corner on one wall then make a 3 feet mark. On the perpendicular wall from, measure out a 4-feet mark from the corner out and the measurement from point to point should be 5 feet, which make the floor plan uniform of square in shape. You need to make sure that the subfloors have no soft or spongy areas. In other words, make sure the subfloor is even.
Most projects for hardwood flooring Tampa has involves securing the areas with screws and cleaning the subfloor from debris that might get in the way of proper flooring installation. Prior to the installation process, you need to install a quality underlayment to cushion the hardwood flooring and also for it to lighten the sound of wood flooring sound when you are walking on it.
Good hardwood Tampa has usually does not create annoying sounds but cushioning your flooring can also increase the lifespan of your hardwood, which makes it a win-win situation. If you deaden the sound of hardwood flooring, it can be extremely beneficial if the floor is on the second floor of the house. Underlayment usually comes in square or rectangular shapes that are easy to install without glue and nails and do not involves cutting.
The final preparation for a project on hardwood flooring Tampa has would be to start in an unobstructed wall where you can place the spacers on the base of the wall so that the hardwood will have room for expansion and contraction, which is usually 3/8th of an inch.
