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Laying Tongue and Groove Flooring Is Best Done By Expert Installers

 Tongue and grooves are the two edges of a wooden floor bard. Tongues jut out beyond the finished wood. They go right through the grooves which are notches in the wooden planks. It is the groove that secures the tongue inside, preventing the boards from jutting out. It is also crucial that you staple or glue the tongue side. In the tongue ad groove flooring, your first board must have a tongue that points at you when you lay it on the floor. 

 
In installing your hardwood timber flooring, your installer will usually line up the first piece with his two marks, making sure that the tongue is visible. The wooden planks of the best hardwood floors will naturally have tongues and grooves on the edges. The first piece is made sure to be securely in place by stapling in one end. Care is exercised when working with the very first plank by lining up the other pieces guided by the mark you made and then stapling the other end.  You will be amazed to watch your oak laminate flooring being installed expertly. Your installer will hold the stapler right on the tongue and then smoothly moving down the wood, pulls the trigger every 4 inches and makes a regular rhythm of a machine gun.
 
Laying hardwood flooring is done by using a lever to press against the piece that has been stapled and then marked with a line the following piece. Most often, it only takes a short piece to complete the first course of the wood floor installation for your hallway. The groove basically hides the tongue and by lining the pieces, the boards are installed in a straight line before proceeding with the stapling.
 
The second stage of laying the laminate flooring may prove to be challenging for beginners, which is why it is best to call in the experts in timber flooring. Tongue and groove flooring requires that the seams should not be within 8 inches of adjacent row. The next course should not begin with a similarly-sized piece that has been used in the first row. In this way, creating a random design is achieved by using differently sized pieces for every row to achieve the best wood flooring. There will be a variety of sizes to select from the box or there is also the option of cutting the piece when starting another row, but make sure the cut edge begins at the wall. 
 
Most professionals in laying tongue and groove flooring, use a Stanley Bostitch gun that comes with a white block to tap the laminate. They simply place the block propped up against the laminate then tap it into place. They also need to tap the edges in regular intervals. The aim is to have a snug fit before you staple away. It is now easy to go to one end to another because the boards will not be moving.
 
Your timber floor installers will continue in this manner by staggering the seams to keep everything secure and tight. They may need to measure occasionally from one end of a row to the snapped line that you have already then measure for the other edge of the row to the snapped line. This technique is used to make sure that you are not drifting. If ever, you can correct this by more forceful tapping on one edge and then easing up a bit on the other end. To avoid doing this in 5 or 6 rows, make sure you check your work regularly.