Hardwood Floor Installation in South Florida

Plan on being home on installation day. Be prepared to be available in case the installers have questions. Your installers will use a variety of tools that can make the work area hazardous. Please be sure that children and pets are kept out of the area on installation day.

Installation methods include:

• Glue-down
• Staple-down
• Nail-down
• Floating

Our team will recommend the best option for your specific flooring.

In a nail-down installation, 2-inch nailing cleats are used with a wood flooring nailer and mallet to attach the flooring to the subfloor. During a staple-down installation, staples are used instead of nails. A pneumatic gun is used to drive the staple into the wood flooring and subfloor. With a glue-down installation, an adhesive is spread on with a trowel and then adhered to the subfloor. In a floating installation, the floor is not fastened to any part of the subfloor. A thin pad is placed between the wood flooring and the subfloor. Then a wood glue is applied in the tongue and groove of each plank to hold the planks together. Engineered wood floors and parquets are typically glued down. Solid strip floors and plank floors can be nailed or stapled down. Engineered floors and longstrip floors can be floated.

Prior to the completion of the installation, do a walk-through with the chief installer. This will give you the opportunity to ask questions and to be clear on any final details.