Secure each wood floorboard

Secure the boards to the sub floor by secret nailing into the tongue of the board at a 45-degree angle, or glue the wood to the sub floor with professional wood flooring adhesive such as the Sikabond range of wood flooring glues.

For a floated wood floor each wooden floorboard is secured to the next one, not the sub floor. Use PVA wood glue on the T&G joint only and lay it onto a suitable wood flooring underlay

Where necessary use straps and pull bars to pull the boards together and hold them in position until fastened by nails or a cured adhesive.

> Expansion allowance
> Wood floorboard direction
> Starting the first rows of a wooden floor
> Tap the boards into the T & G joint
> Secure each wood floorboard
> Fitting the last row of wood flooring
> Cutting around pipework and other objects
> Cutting in expansion at door frames
> Fitting hardwood skirting/Scotia trim mouldings

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