Hardwood Floor Installation (Nail Down) Like a PRO!

Today I am going to show you everything you need to know for Hardwood Floor Installation (Nail Down) Like a pro! Installing hardwood floors for the first time is not hard at all and you don't really need any special tools. Having some more specialized tools, like any project, makes the floor install process much faster but floor can be installed without them if necessary.
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Items / Tools you will need:
-Underlayment, roofing felt or tar paper will work, or purchase something that is a bit thicker and will help make the hardwood flooring a bit quieter.
-Staple gun for the underlayment
-Belt sander if your subfloor has any unevenness
-Method to make some cuts; circular saw, miter saw, jigsaw or oscillating tool. Don't need all of them but again, they make things move faster.
-A framing nailer to start and finish the floor is necessary, you can floor everything with this nailer but a flooring nailer will give you better results much faster.
-Chalk like, tape measure, hammer and crow bar.
-Obviously you need some hardwood flooring. Make sure it has been in the room for 10-14 days to acclimate.
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[@DIYTyler]

Hope you are all well, Thanks for watching! Just started a second channel to have some live stream builds and hangout with you guys! Check it and subscribe! kzbin.info/door/BHZwxeG4pElnFYGTNTYZVA Also, who is the chump and thumbs down this video before I could even put this comment up, really?!🤔

[@eduardomonroy3988]

Please red my comment. Thanks

[@jeremynguyen2346]

@@eduardomonroy3988 what is he doing

[@jeremynguyen2346]

@@eduardomonroy3988 hello

[@gtarmasta7978]

I know this video is a little old but you know even of the time of recording pneumatic staplers are a thing? Pretty much the same thing but instead of strikes to the back with a hammer it done with a trigger?

[@gixxerfixer1358]

I started helping my dad with hardwood floors around five years old I think that's great you have your son helping you, lost my dad in 2001 but the things he taught me I'll never forget those memories

[@DIYTyler]

Thanks for sharing and for taking the time to comment!

[@1playfair]

Thanks man. Really helps guys like me who grew up without much Father time the confidence to tackle at home projects. Helps me look like a beast for my lady ;) much appreciated

[@myfamily9393]

On same boat brother. Father wounds are real

[@jeffreyc7828]

For real ❤

[@thesoundofeverything8023]

The helper is the best part of the video… he will never forget these moments… tk u for the video. It answered all my questions!🙌🏆

[@napolitanotile2919]

GREAT VIDEO,Beautiful family as well,Thank you for the pointers, Have a blessed week 🙏

[@SR-rz9uj]

For me, this is hands down the best wood floor installation I’ve watched before starting my big project. Very clear, thorough, and helpful, thank you so much. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Need to see if you offer a (paid) helpline 😂😂

[@DIYTyler]

Glad it was helpful!

[@velvetpaws999]

Cool Dad, cool kid! It's great that he lets his son work as an assistant partner! No better way to prepare the boy for real life! Thanks for the video! As I watch the progress of the installation, I wanted to suggest using a bigger diameter punch, to drive any nails in that didn't quite make it. It is way easier to hammer them down with a bigger diameter punch! I am all for making life on an install as easy as it can be! Also, I only use in-floor wooden registers now, no more lay-on metal grids! They are permanent and prevent people from stooping on them. But most of all, they look elegant and professional. You might also want to use a plank puller for the last piece against the wall, to tighten up the gap between boards in a row. Your gaps are larger than necessary. One other trick: use a scrap piece of board, about 5-6 inches wide, as a "chaser" to tap boards lightly when tightening up along a row of boards. Hitting the edge of a grooved board with the metal hammer can make a serious kink in the groove edge! And as for the perfectionist that I tend to be: the rule of pros is to never align joint lines of boards across several rows. On the birds eye view, I noticed that you had quite a few of those. The idea is to create a look of a homogeneous wooden floor, where one doesn't see the joints between board, because they are spread out randomly all over. When two or more boards are joined in several rows in the same line-up, this balance is disturbed. So the assistant's job would be to see how long the next board to place would have to be to keep up that spread of board seams. I heard you actually explain it, but then you did not abide by that rule, lol! Thanks for sharing, I enjoyed watching. Hope you don't mind my comments, they were meant in a spirit of learning from each other! I love hardwood floors!

[@anthonyveblen3745]

Look at the little son of a gun go! Super cute kids bro, well done. Super helpful video. Much appreciated.

[@mcaruso44]

I’m glad to know I’m not the only one who does the “hit harder to close the gap” trick! Nice job Tyler

[@samanthawilkinson9356]

This is EXACTLY the video I needed! We do not have a flooring nailer and didnt want to rent one just for our master closet remodel. Thanks for the close up shot of exactly where to shoot that nail with the finish nailer!

[@davidmatias6239]

Nice seeing you having the kids involved

[@dougdiplacido2406]

That is a great looking floor and thanks for the information on how to install it.Always like to see your family involved too.

[@SicilianSVT]

Thank you for this detailed video on how to install this hardwood floor. I am a tile setter and hardwood is something ive always wanted to get into. This video is direct and answers your every question as you go along. Thanks buddy and excellent work! God bless!

[@tylernewton3679]

Great job Tyler!!! Always love watching what projects you'll do next.

[@ersingokay2670]

excellent video, very informative my man, we greatly appreciate you taking the time to put this video together and sharing it with the audience. Floor installation could not be done any better than this. Job well done. Thank you and God bless you and your family.

[@ThankyouJesus81]

Great seeing men spend time with their kids. God bless

[@kimberschild9322]

Omg she is your twin. If u show her this as she grows she will cherish it forever my dad taught me at 7 I did my first flooring job by myself by the age of 8 and I now teach my daughter's

[@stylesjamarco2482]

great video brother spending time with your son that's a great thing also teaching him a good trade I have to teach my daughter stuff like that kind of wish I had a son though

[@zrap1347]

Nice work. I've been doing flooring and home improvements for years now. One thing I would add it is always good to have your starting strip on the exterior wall, that way you know the rest of your flooring will continue straight. Which by the looks of that window that it exactly what you did. Just a pro tip. Love your channel!

[@baconeggstoast5327]

I was wondering if you can elaborate on this? Why does that matter? I would assume that the exterior wall is the one that if you went through it you would be on the outside of the house

[@lazygardens]

I bought a pneumatic flooring nailer to do my installation and sold it after I was done. Cheaper than renting, I could take my time, and the next DIYer got a pretty good deal.

[@DIYTyler]

Awesome! This nailer has been around the block from several different KZbinrs!

[@anastasios3006]

Loved it when your daughter took over. Nice 👍 job .

[@FredMcIntyre]

Awesome job Tyler, the floor looks great, thanks for the info! 😃👍🏻👊🏻

[@joshuaschneck]

Awesome! Just what the doctor ordered. Thanks for this very helpful video. Think I can do this myself now. Josh, DC

[@aleksandrpaniutin4028]

She is sooo adorable. I bed this is a daddy's girl. Really happy for you. And thanks for tips ;)

[@johnsor2083]

I liked the video very informative; he got his son to help a great Father!

[@andrewferguson8032]

I like how your son helps you. That’s great

[@Livindaybyday]

Wow, looks beautiful! Great job!

[@sierrahenderson5287]

Thank you so much for your vid it’s the sorta the same flooring in my house. Have one of 12x40 buildings my parents, bf and myself have made into a home. 😁☺️

[@EdgarLopez-mg5il]

Thank you for this video, helped with eliminating with some confusing. Hoorah!!

[@jabbadusstaylor2667]

Amazing wood flooring work

[@martyclack8782]

Nice explaining Tyler awsome job.

[@testosteronevsthewoke7124]

Good man for teaching your son to be a real man. We need more parents like you teaching their children that being weak and woke is WRONG.

[@georgeeads8689]

Excellent Tyler.

[@user-pk3lp2qb7b]

Great to work and teach the kid together ,best education. Kid know the parents hard work and learn the knowledge of life ,not just the skills.

[@giovannipetitti1588]

a really good result, hello Tyler.💯👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@st.k.4528]

Thank you for your video! It was very helpful for my project

[@IEnjoyCreatingVideos]

Great video Tyler! Thanks for sharing it with us!💖👌👍😎JP

[@mariad3743]

Excellent tutorial.

[@tesfaye9152]

Thank you for your video ! If you can please share with us what type or brand name underlayment used in your video. Again, thank you for sharing this educational video for all DIY's.

[@_the_wife_3323]

That little girl is too cute. Great office too😍

[@loveart4007]

Such a nice job and the little helpers made my day! So cute. I am one of 10 kids.

[@johndone7887]

Wow man you rock! Here in Brazil the things is not so good. Great job!

[@geneliasmith1070]

Thanks for sharing these amazing tips with us! Installing hardwood floors always seems possible while watching the video but when it comes to implementing it seems impossible. :D Therefore, I would rather hire any hardwood floor installer and there are so many good hardwood floor installers, one of them is Wayne Maher Hardwood Flooring.

[@sierrahenderson5287]

Awwwww his son is being a great helper. ☺️😁

[@Rhenexful]

Very detail and informative 👌🏿 👏🏿 thank for sharing 👍🏿

[@patrickd1968]

Thanks. On my to do list.

[@normalhuman9260]

Get you a nice flexible Japanese pull saw for cutting under door jams instead of using the oscillator saw. You'll be happy you did.

[@topgun6981]

Family run business 👍🤛🏾 clapping 👏

[@Bullrun1000]

Super helpful tips!

[@traviscolla6475]

A tips I would recommend for the first couple and last couple of rows (where you can't use your floor nailer) is do not put an underlayment there. Instead you put some construction adhesive under the floorboards against the subfloor and use the finish nailer (where it will be hidden under trim and/or through the tongue like in the video). Those wimpy 18 or even 16 gauge nails will not hold up and you will end up with small gaps overtime across those rows. The construction adhesive will help stop that from happening.

[@amiltonrocha4975]

Angle nailed and faced nailed will not go anywhere . He did great tips for beginners .

[@jeremynguyen2346]

@@amiltonrocha4975 where to buy the flooring nailer

[@velvetpaws999]

@@amiltonrocha4975 I second that.

[@velvetpaws999]

@@jeremynguyen2346 I got mine on Amazon. Have used it since 2013 and it is still going strong! cost me the price of a one week rental of the same type nailer at HD. So it's a no-brainer to go and buy it. One installation, and it is fully amortized! I also got the compressor there, and the air hose!

[@jeremynguyen2346]

@@velvetpaws999 what is the difference

[@charliegoodspeed240]

Great work good job the only thing I would add is to run your floor left-to-right so that way when you're beating the boards into the butt joints you're hitting the tongue not the groove and you won't break your wood that and stand on the wood as you nail it so it's tighter to the floor

[@zahramalek2543]

Informative video. Wish you were in illinois since I need a good contractor for flooring.

[@DrunkInPublic]

Thanks for the vid!

[@EverydayProjects]

You make it look easy. But you did have TWO HELPERS! Always good to have help tapping down the staples, measuring, etc. I bet you picked up these day-laborers cheap at Home Depot. haha

[@anthonyd.5140]

Great tutorial!

[@bobkrueger194]

Very good video and great instruction. Curious how the cleats work with the Brazilian floors?

[@goneballistic]

Geez that kid is so cute. And thanks for posting this, I really wanna try and do this

[@LuisGarcia-sj6lu]

Nice job !

[@lescamartin151]

you got me sold on the baby. nice tutorial. thank you very much.

[@webstertreehopper]

I enjoyed your video too. Wondering if you could comment on which gauge nails to use and how that may dictate which nailer to purchase. Thanks so much.

[@jjrg738]

Need a flooring jack took makes it easier than hammering a flat head into the floor n bending it forward more work. Plus more secure too. Great video by the way nice work

[@dennisdownes9319]

Great job Tyler! DD

[@TheKittengoddess]

You're an artist.

[@harveycamacho2247]

Great video vary educational

[@siddikanurani2985]

Excellent

[@mitzibud6908]

Love, love, love!!

[@johnnymas2013]

AWESOME VIDEO!! AWESOME JOB!!

[@Adam-yb5ub]

Thx for sharing👍

[@relikvija]

Great video amigo!

[@Antmanlv]

Nice Vid, good work.

[@garynagle3093]

Nice job.looks great. Your little co-host is a cutie

[@flmclau]

Yeah,it's pretty easy with all those little helpers around 🥰

[@ldiventi]

Good job man!

[@DIYTyler]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@nzfalcon8698]

you have a good apprentice for help

[@cwatson42785]

Just a heads up you ran the wrong way. You start with the tongues on the side as your starters. So essentially you started left to right and with that floor and the tongues on the right side you should've went right to left. That's just how it's normally done and what it does as well is on your last few rows when you are finish nailing you won't have to top nail at the ends as you have the tongue exposed and can nail into that. Not trying to bust your chops as you did a great job and in the grand scheme of things it didn't hurt but that's always how it's done. I've been doing hardwood since 2003. Great job!

[@gixxus]

Thank you! She’s so cute.

[@ehickey73]

Nice work

[@DIYTyler]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@toni2mito]

Great Job! I have never installed hardwood floor, and would appreciate your advice. I do have SB-1664FN 16 GA straight finish nailer from Bostitch and was wondering if I could use the nailer with 16 gauge finish nails to nail down, not just the perimeter but everything, 3/4'' oak engineered hardwood? Thank you!

[@Steve-o-wl1yc]

EXCELLENT video… i’ve done hardwood before but I wanted to refresher regarding laying out the first board. Just one question for you… you weren’t trying to put the cleats very near/into the floor joists… doesn’t that matter at all? Also what about screwing down the underlay with extra screws before you start? Just wondering

[@johnthomas9376]

Very good job only thing I would add is first 3 rows and last 3 rows is to glue down with wood adhesive dont put the underlayment first 2ft or last 2ft away glue

[@WildChiru2]

Thanks for sharing ....

[@blainecelestaine4543]

I see you got a good helper

[@sylnty.kbz_nz6018]

such a good video, real helpful man.

[@sylnty.kbz_nz6018]

and thanks on behalf of everyone who gained some insight because this video is great

[@leisurelanemhp3853]

Your daughter is .... what a gift, I have 8 of them

[@DIYTyler]

Bless you! I getting there, 4 beautiful young ladies so far!♥️

[@awlthatwoodcrafts8911]

The floor looks great. Nothing like the look of hardwood. Interesting that you ran the underlayment in the same direction of the floor. I've installed hardwood in our entire upstairs (except the bathrooms, of course) and every underlayment product I've used all said to run it perpendicular to the floor so there is never a seam that runs along a joint in the flooring. Did you run into any problems where some boards were not the exact same width? I never had a batch of flooring that wasn't perfect from box to box. I would take the time to find planks that matched for each row. It prevents gaps and uneven rows. If you disregard it long enough, the potential for a really ugly gap becomes greater.

[@renatazander4244]

thank you ,the video is very helpful and i am going to do it myself.I need to ask - is it ok to lay all the wood first before nailing it so I would feel confident that nothing would go wrong ?

[@nivadaharricharan5172]

You a master at all jobs.l

[@Wordsnwood]

And then go to the basement under that room and sweep sweep sweep.... because all that banging on the ceiling will shake loose years of dust. I learned that the hard way when I did my LR/DR hardwood floor! Looks awesome, Tyler. Is that a breaker box in the corner? Very odd arrangement with that curved conduit.

[@freddozer1399]

Not sure about the tar paper anywhere. I had a beach home built on columns. The floor got very warm in the summer and if I was close to the floor could smell the tar paper. It was heavy tar paper. Not sure they even have that product today. But beyond that ? excellant video.

[@usmcgoatman5464]

Great video. The boards look awesome, were they veneered or factory pre-stained? You described it as "wire brushed matte finish in dark sugar."

[@vampyvampiro]

Nice

[@lemsy]

Just what I needed. Thank you, brother.

[@brandilorenson1312]

This is the flooring I have. Can we sand and refinish this? We do have the small grooves in it as shown between each board. It is matte low shine finish

[@PubEnemy1]

Quick tip nail from left 2 right (if you're right handed) and throw that nail set/punch back in the tool box shoot it in the top and buy some (preferred colored) wood putty

[@salmonline]

Used to do this without the pneumatic nailer. Had to WHACK the nailer with a big ol mallet.

[@JAT922]

Nice job. What brand was that flooring?

[@marcmarinelli7472]

How do you stranger the pieces? Just random or they come in different lengths? Do you randomize them?

[@yuzhao5825]

Great instructions! Thanks! I have one small and import question: in my subfloor, I found some marks that have signs of pipe pushing against the subfloor. It seems a real pipe right underneath. But isn’t that weird with a pipe underneath pushing against the subfloor? However, if that’s true, we should never nail down that area I guess

[@jamesalexander2346]

Put nails into the pipe so it pushes against the nails and not the subfloor.

[@eduardomonroy3988]

Will be really appreciated if make a video about how to re nail older wood floors. The wood floors is to loose and noisy. THANKS, AND GOD BLESS.

[@danielfifield3340]

Only way to do so without taking everything up is to run a nail through the top.

[@princeofpeaceyearbook1554]

Can I ask how long it took you to finish the room start to finish? About to do a room and I am not sure how long I will need to rent the nail gun for!