Hardwood Floor Installation (Nail Down) Like a PRO!

[@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

[@Poowolf]

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!

[@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!🙌🏆

[@wrbbbb]

Really helpful that you actually show your work after explaining, using the mallet and nailer on video. I haven't found many videos that actually show how to get slightly bent boards into place, even though everyone says they are a part of every carton.

[@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 ❤

[@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!

[@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!

[@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

[@TangyTangerine27]

Exterior walls tend to be straighter and more true. Interior walls can be less square to other walls and not as straight.

[@davidmatias6239]

Nice seeing you having the kids involved

[@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!

[@barryoneill_official]

The helpers are indeed the best part.,..too cute !

[@napolitanotile2919]

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

[@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!

[@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

[@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.

[@hardwood_ID-g6p]

👏 The visuals at 9:42 were stunning! Great job!

[@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

[@FromTheHood2TheWoods]

Great seeing men spend time with their kids. God bless

[@johnsor2083]

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

[@SCREEVER333]

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

[@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!

[@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!

[@andrewferguson8032]

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

[@jayboogie27]

I picked up a black hawk pull bar. It’s overpriced but comes in handy when coming to the final piece of a row. I bought it thinking it could be hit or miss but it proved to be valuable during my installation.

[@JustJulia-qt9nh]

Truly helpful, thank you! I really would’ve liked to have seen how you installed the very last row against the wall however.

[@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

[@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

[@anastasios3006]

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

[@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.

[@sierrahenderson5287]

Awwwww his son is being a great helper. ☺️😁

[@jabbadusstaylor2667]

Amazing wood flooring work

[@_the_wife_3323]

That little girl is too cute. Great office too😍

[@五月爸爸在澳洲]

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.

[@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.

[@aleksandrpaniutin4028]

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

[@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.

[@lescamartin151]

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

[@marcmarinelli7472]

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

[@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 ?

[@st.k.4528]

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

[@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

[@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

[@joshuaschneck]

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

[@Rhenexful]

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

[@TheKittengoddess]

You're an artist.

[@loveart4007]

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

[@zahramalek2543]

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

[@tanmay9562]

What type of underlayment did you use?

[@tylernewton3679]

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

[@gregcespedes7703]

Hi I will be installing a 3/4 inch hardwood floor, do I need to glue it or just nails? I'm using 1-3/4 in. x 18-Gauge L-Head Flooring Nail

[@velvetpaws999]

Quite honestly, I have never ever glued down a solid 3/4" hardwood floor, not matter how narrow or wide the planks were. And I've been installing them since 2013. The collective weight of that floor is enormous! You can come to realize that by just carrying one single box of the wood planks up a couple of flights of stairs. If the wood was dried and cut professionally, there will be no cupping or bending. And IF of course, the users respect the floor and do not flood it permanently with water. Who in their sane mind would do such a thing on purpose? Use 16 gauge 2" nails, it is very efficient and much gentler on the wooden tongues when nailing. My suggestion!

[@MelodyDerrig]

What brand of hardwood flooring did you use? Thank you

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@goneballistic]

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

[@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. 😁☺️

[@tearyraindrop]

Hi!... does the type of wood matter when living near the ocean? i bought 3/4 in. Bellingham Distressed Solid Hardwood Flooring 5.25 in. Wide.... would that be okay to install? or is there a particular I should get ?

[@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

[@hastolloy]

Maybe its the camera angle or shadows, but it looked like the ends were not butting up tight to one another, or should there be a minimal gaping on the ends?

[@bobkrueger194]

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

[@flmclau]

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

[@TYZyi5ss]

What is the brand of your underlayment please?? Thank you!

[@johndone7887]

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

[@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!

[@georgeeads8689]

Excellent Tyler.

[@ggtaruc2578]

Sorry, maybe its mentioned here but I just found your video. May I ask what the underlayment is and where you got it please?

[@nvader88]

Very helpful. Thank you.

[@hapetaa]

what kind of underlayment you used here? is it roofing synthetic underlayment??

[@410Gregj]

I’m astounded at the people demonstrating wood flooring installation that hit the tongues with the metal end of the hammer. They put that rubber end on the mallet for a reason. When you hit the tongues with the metal end it dents them making the next row less likely to seat in properly. Use the rubber end to seat the board boys and girls.

[@mariad3743]

Excellent tutorial.

[@EdgarLopez-mg5il]

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

[@Bullrun1000]

Super helpful tips!

[@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.

[@gaochen9240]

Will a pancake compressor be enough for the floor nail gun?

[@DIYTyler]

Yes, used one before....you may need to give it some recovery time every so often

[@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.

[@justingreen5085]

A pry bar carefully along wall will help your joints tighten....also was wondering why no tounge & groove glue chosen? ....was this a trailer and you want more flex?

[@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."

[@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.

[@relikvija]

Great video amigo!

[@Discovery123.]

Hi I am confused. Some people used 16 gage nail for face nail, you used 18 gage for face nail. Which one should I really use, 16 or 18? Thanks!

[@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

[@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

[@jasonvillodas9799]

Great work!!! What is the name of the exact name of the wood you are installing?

[@ehickey73]

Nice work

[@DIYTyler]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@blainecelestaine4543]

I see you got a good helper

[@leisurelanemhp3853]

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

[@DIYTyler]

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

[@nzfalcon8698]

you have a good apprentice for help

[@martyclack8782]

Nice explaining Tyler awsome job.

[@ldiventi]

Good job man!

[@DIYTyler]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@giovannipetitti1588]

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

[@larrymccormick4401]

Did you say what PSI to set the compressor on?

[@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

[@musoehcr]

Going off the wall like that if the wall is crooked wouldn’t that also make make the floor crooked ?

[@anthonyd.5140]

Great tutorial!

[@LuisGarcia-sj6lu]

Nice job !

[@walterdiaz2003]

what type of hardword flooring is that? color and wood?

[@johnnymas2013]

AWESOME VIDEO!! AWESOME JOB!!

[@koryweaver5868]

I have the same 18 gage freeman. Did some test pieces on extra 3/4 in OSB to see how much pressure to use to install 3/4 exotic flooring. It seems to be breaking apart the tongue. This happens at 70 psi, the lowest recommended range. Can I just use less air pressure for this? Thanks for your help!

[@velvetpaws999]

I always use 16 gauge 2" L-shaped cleats, no heavier that that. Works and never had a single issue with any solid 3/4" hardwood flooring.

[@robertgaboriault7301]

wood floor over particle board?? Did you have plywood underneath it? Is that Ok? Also would have been better to use a 2" nail?

[@FredMcIntyre]

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