Installing Bellawood Engineered Flooring

A concern with engineered flooring however is that the colors may be quite uniform within an entire box but have distinct tonal differences from one box to the next.

Installing bellawood engineered flooring.

If you were to install the floor by using all the planks from one box before opening the next you run the risk of installing the floor with large mismatched patches of flooring. It provides detailed instructions for installing hardwood flooring over a wood substructure. Installing engineered hardwood flooring over concrete too tight against a stationary object will not allow room for normal expansion and may cause a failure. Immediately wipe up any glue that squeezes through the boards.

This guide to engineered flooring is designed to help you understand what goes into the installation process for this type of home flooring and decide if you want to take on the job yourself. We first ran this article in 2010. This old house general contractor tom silva shows how to install a beautiful wood floor in just less than one day. Here is the link to the first video.

Bellawood a house brand of pre finished hardwood flooring and engineered wood flooring sold exclusively at ll flooring also known as lumber liquidators. When installing additional rows work from left to right. I have a new updated series that replaces this video. If you ve done any finish carpentry in the past you ll probably be good to go.

Https youtu be 0e f3hapl5s powernail 2000f flooring nail. It chronicles tutorials for each step of the process derived from our installation of 3 4 inch solid tongue and groove brazilian walnut hardwoods in our own home. The plank pieces are glued or clicked together if the flooring has a click lock system to each other but not to the subfloor creating a single large panel held in place by friction and its own weight. Float glue and nail installation are three main methods used for installing this type of floor.

But now half of the flooring he installs is engineered made of thin sheets of wood glued together like plywood. The toughest part of installing engineered flooring is trimming around obstacles such as floor vents or pipes. Jeff hosking a flooring consultant for this old house first began laying floors 35 years ago back then 90 percent of his work was installing solid wood strips with nails. This project focuses on installing a floating engineered floor.

Apply wood glue to the tongue and groove seams. See below for a shopping list and tools. Then connect the pieces carefully folding and tapping the new piece to rest on the subfloor. Pre finished wood flooring is ready for installation since it comes pre stained with multiple coats of urethane based surface finish.

Consult the product data sheet for instructions regarding specific trowel requirements.