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i have hardwood planks (non tongue and groove) that i would like to install as a bathroom floor. i know that i have to use cement backer board over the sub floor, but how would i attach the wood planks to the backer board? i would hate for nails to show on the surface of the wood. is it possible to glue the planks directly onto the backer board? any advice is much appreciated.

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Hello,
I want to replace my carpet floors with hardwood. Under the carpet is particle board over plywood. I have seen many references saying that you should NOT nail or staple hardwood flooring onto particle board. As an alternative to replacing the particle board with plywood, I have chosen to look at a floating hardwood floor solution. I wanted to install something that had the same look, thickness, and feel as ¾” hardwood. While searching for such options, I found the Bruce Westchester line of ¾” Engineered hardwood floors which supported “glue or staple or floating” installation methods.

To my surprise, the possible installer (from the store, a major regional retailer, I would buy the wood) recommends to staple it onto the particle board/plywood and NOT float it. This is because this line of engineered flooring is tongue and groove requiring glue to hold the planks together, and not click and lock like you see on most engineered and laminate floors, and he feels that glue will not keep the joints tight-fitting because of thickness and mass of these planks. I pointed out to him that the actual Bruce installation manual recommends not to nail or staple into particle board and does recommend floating.

So, my first question is – Should I listen to this installer ignoring Bruce installation instructions and most of the negative feedback on nailing/stapling hardwood on particle board, or find another installer?
My second question – Does anyone have any experience (especially floating it) with this new line of Bruce ¾” Engineered flooring?
My third question – can you recommend other ¾” thick engineered or solid floating floors? (ie Floor & Décor have a proprietary clipping system that allows you to float their ¾” solid hardwood)

Thanks for your time…

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We’re going to be installing a lot of wood flooring in our new house, and I’m thinking about doing it my self. I’ve done it in the past with no issues. The difference this time is that we’re going with pre-finished, solid wood that is 5" wide. I’ve heard that you should use glue AND nails for planks that are 5" wide. If I should be using glue in addition to nails, where does the glue go? In between tongue/groove? Down under the plank between plank and sub-floor? If the latter, then how does that impact the need for Rosin paper? Thank you for your help.

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I need someone to help me shread this poem apart with all kinds of corrections. Writing in verse is hard, and I’m not good at English.

The speaker is a therapist who tells her patient, an Asian mother who is hopeless about her shaky relationship with her Asian-American Daughter, that her problem is solvable, so she goes into a tale with this moral, "Every problem has a solution."

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Every Problem has a Solution

So I had this one man…
I think, by the name of Dan?
Who came to my office years ago…
I remember he had this fro…

Dan was a cheerful type of guy,
If you look at him in the eye,
You know he was pretty high,
He was someone who shoots for the sky.

Every morning, he would wake up with a smile,
He would strut to work like a model in style.
If you were not familiar with him.
You wouldn’t think he’s ever grim.

But he was a guy who was distressed about everything.
When a simple thing went wrong, it felt like a bee sting.
Like one time he lost his shoe.
He tried to construct another shoe,
Using only tissue.
Poor Dan, he put himself in so much trouble.
He often overreacts and makes himself become like rubble.

So one time he accidentally cut his thumb,
and immediately his heart went numb.

He tried to get a device.
That would help heal his paper cut slice.
But he couldn’t think of anything to get rid of the pain,
The cut had run inside his vein.

So he rummaged in his drawer,
Scanned his whole bedroom floor,
Checked desperately behind the door,
For something to ease the sore.

He plopped on top of his bed,
Staring sadly at his finger that bled,
Eating chocolate as he dread,
About his injury running red.

“Should I get some tape?
To put the cut back in shape?
Or should I get a pin?
No, it would’ve been as painful as it had been!”

He finally got some glue,
Put it on a tissue,
Thought it would stick together his cut,
But it didn’t even work somewhat…
So he tried to knit the cut back together,
That also didn’t work altogether.

He paced to an fro in his room,
His face anguished and in deep gloom,
Trying to nurse the agonizing infection,

And then he found something to make the cut fade,
Something to put on top: a band-aid.

See, he didn’t need to invent anything,
Or look for something different.
His answer was always right in front of him,
To mend his problem in a whim.

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We had some water damage and are replacing our hardwood floors. The old floor we just got pulled up today and it was a mother f-ing nightmare. It took 4 people 3 full days to get it all pulled up (280 sq feet).

The floor they’re installing tomorrow is Bruce Glen Cove Plank, and I can’t decide to float or glue it down. The installer is pressing me to glue it down, but I never want to have to deal with what I did with this old floor. He is saying that floating floor isn’t as durable.

My question… I’m looking for opinions from those with floating hardwood. Mine isn’t lock-and-fold. They press it together at the joints and glue the joints together. Its a beveled edge hardwood.

Thanks for all answers!
More details….

It is in the kitchen, entry hallway. and dining room area. They are all connected and open to each other.

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I was given some hardwood floors with the padding already underneath and I’m trying to figure out what is the easiest way to install them. The look like they snap together but I’m not sure. So far what I’ve read online is that you have to glue them in place once they snap??? I’ve tried snapping them in place and all it does is moves or the planks don’t go together. Suggestions?

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How to install solid hardwood floors. This is brazilian walnut that we install by glue-down on top of solid concrete in a formal living room.

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i am looking to tile my entry foyer. originally it had tile that i scraped up. only a little bit of mortar was left. bamboo floors were then installed by gluing the planks directly to the slab.

we have decided that we want to tile the entry foyer again to break up the wood flooring. so far i have ripped all the planks up and removed as much of the glue as i possibly could. i spent a good 7hours yesterday with adhesive remover, razor scrapes, floor scrapes, hot water, etc…

i am at the point where i want to start tiling and im not 100% sure i got enough of the glue off the ground.

please click on the links to the pictures i took of the floor and let me know if you think the floor is ready or if i need to continue to get more of the glue off. im guessing if i have to get more glue off, a concrete sander is my next and only option. all help is greatly appreciated.

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This film outlines which method you should choose to fit your wooden floor depending on whether you have solid or engineered flooring and also taking into consideration what type of subfloor you have. Chauncey’s are one of the leading trade suppliers of solid and engineered oak flooring in the UK. We manufacture and supply a wide range of new and reclaimed wood flooring to trade customers. Website: www.chauncey.co.uk Blog: chaunceys.wordpress.com Thanks to John for letting us use a bit of his music at the start www.youtube.com

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I want to install supreme bamboo engineered planks in the bathroom, using Equalizer adhesive, but want to make sure the inspector won’t make me rip it out. I live in Norwalk CT.

Please do not tell me this is not a good idea, as I know that. It can be done, and the manufacturer even advertises this flooring as suitable for kitchens/baths. By the way, on a side note, is that the best adhesive to use in this scenario? I was considering putting wax between the planks for water tightness, and just reapplying it every couple of months or so.

Thank you!!!
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The subflooring is old plywood which had tiles glued to it before. The planks are already pre-finished, I just wanted to prevent water from getting in between (is some kind of glue a better alternative?). Since wood expands though, I’m not sure what will stay put and maintain a seal.

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