Hardwood Floor Installation For Beginners - Ultimate Step-By-Step Guide

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In this video, I will show you a hardwood floor installation. I will show you how to install hardwood floor that beginners will find very helpful. This is a complete step by step guide that is full of great DIY information. I show how to use a flooring nailer, cut hardwood flooring, and much more. Enjoy!
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Timestamps
Intro 00:00
Hardwood flooring intro 00:16
Calculating hardwood flooring 02:25
Preparing for hardwood floor 03:16
Flooring underlayment 07:03
Starting for a whole house install 08:28
Screwing down starting row 14:21
Ripping flooring 18:01
Flooring nailer intro 19:39
Spline or slip tongue 20:54
Cut flooring with miter saw 24:01
Starting for a room install 26:06
Bring rooms together without using spline 29:11
Filling in screw holes 30:45
Flooring from hallway to bedroom 33:21
Cut out for floor vents 39:59
Finishing up flooring to a wall 43:45
Unique technique 47:06
Timelapse 47:51
T-Molding 49:15
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@kml1699 9 дней назад

This is one of the finest video for first time installer engineer hard hood floor. Thank you for making for video

@614Lyfe Месяц назад

that 21 min mark was game changing. AMAZING video

@TheExcellentLaborer Месяц назад

Oh yes, the spine is a huge help when it comes to several situations while doing hardwood floor. Thanks for watching the video!

@T_Jonesy Год назад

I'm a DIYer. I've done a bunch of floating floors, but I've never done engineered or hardwood floors. Thanks for explaining the spline method. I've never seen this done before and it makes perfect sense. Great video as always.

@TheExcellentLaborer Год назад

Hardwood flooring is not that difficult in my opinion. The spline method is a game changer. Good luck with your project!

@ChrisPiekarz Месяц назад

Excellent video and great advice. This was my first go around installing hardwood. The best advice for me was using the screws not only for the first rows, but other spots where I was not completely sure what my next step was or where I was making cuts like around heating ducts and doorways. It allows you the option of removing the boards if yours not happy with the results, or think you may need to make a change. For the most part I used the nailer and nails, but using the screws allowed me to experiment a little bit. Thanks!

@anthonyal-hakim6210 4 месяца назад

Thank you for great detail especially the floor joist direction. That was a suggestion that would be easy to miss. Excellent video

@frederickguerra9999 7 месяцев назад

This is the best flooring installation video, especially for transitions.

@vincentmettle6506 Год назад

Josh, You have done an incredible job in producing this hardwood flooring installation video. I recommend using a Bostitch floor jack to eliminate gaps near the wall.

@christopherglovich6792 3 месяца назад

This is a great instructional video. I’m remodeling a house completely and this really helped me to know what tools I need and the correct way to put the flooring down.

@ericberman4193 3 месяца назад

Good video - thanks for producing. Whenever I acclimate any finish materials into a conditioned space, I first completely unbox/unwrap then stack-and-sticker the material and leave for 7 to 10 days. That way, the conditioned air gets all-around each piece of material and the material becomes fully-acclimated faster. Admittedly, this takes more time and labor but the material is thereby guaranteed to be fully-acclimated. Also and whenever possible, I try to avoid chalk-lining and then aligning the tongue to the chalk-line. Rather I find it more accurate to align the bottom lip edge of the groove side to the chalked-line and then lay up the next rows either side. The glued-spline method is always good.

@user-fd9vc3dd1e 10 месяцев назад

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@annatimosh978 5 месяцев назад

Thank you! this is the best video I found about installation of hardwood floors, great job!

@bottleimp007 10 месяцев назад

You are a true craftsman. It is obvious you take great pride in your work. Congratulations on your fine work and thanks for making this video. I hope to be doing a flooring installation soon!

@TheExcellentLaborer 10 месяцев назад

I appreciate that! You are welcome! I hope your floor insulation goes well. Thanks for watching, and good luck!

@davidharrison3074 Год назад

Always loved hardwood flooring. Doing a lot of random 3,4,5" is really rewarding to see when it's all done. I love your explanation of letting the floor acclimate to the environment and the humidity control as well. One other important part is when you explained the direction of the floor joists and how the hardwood has to be run. I've had arguments with clients because over this and once I explained the reason, it made sense to them. Also doing some inlay wood vents that are flush with the floor are really cool looking. I had one job I had to do a perimeter flooring of 2 ft in a room around where carpeting was going to be in the center. Having alternate my corners and making your own pieces at certain times and of course the splines are the best thing to be used with many other installations. Screwing the tongue side and the groove side always worked out the best compared to nailing them with a finish nailer. Thank you for this video with so much important details. (Even around the stone work 👍🏻) Personally I've used my ratchet floor nailer more on jobs when it was in a finished house with furniture etc. Of course the pneumatic is great 75% of the time and cleats unless it was an engineered floor that required staples. Refinishing on a 3/4" solid wood floor has more to work with than engineered. The margin for expansion is really important as well. Most of my flooring jobs I've used shoe molding with the baseboard which gives it a really good look too. Thank you for all the information on this video and the timeline ones too. Great job Josh 👍🏻

@TheExcellentLaborer Год назад

I really enjoy installing hardwood floors as well. I have installed unfinished and prefinished. The widths have done is 2 1/4, 3 1/4, and 5 inch. So far my favorite one has been the 5 inch shown this video. It went down relatively quick. Screwing in the spline is a good idea as well. It sounds like you have a incredible amount of construction experience, David. Always look forward to seeing your comments. Thanks for stopping by and watching!

@kentoskentos8428 11 месяцев назад

Fantastic tutorial. Now am ready for my project. Just have to assemble all the tools first. Thank you so much for your knowledge and time.

@TheExcellentLaborer 11 месяцев назад

Thank you! I actually enjoy installing hardwood floors myself. It’s usually not too complicated and it was nice to see it get put down. Good luck with your flooring project!

@marielucier7982 Год назад

Thank you, thank you, thank you! This is by far the best video I’ve found for my project. I have a couple of different situations in an open hallway coming off stairs and along a (possibly crooked) rail base, but I can figure out what to do from all the details you provided in this video. I also have a bedroom alongside the hallway (easy) and one at the end of the hallway. And floor vents.

@TheExcellentLaborer Год назад

You are welcome Marie! I am thankful for viewers like you that enjoy all of the detail because I feel like it does help when you are doing the project. I would like to wish you well on your flooring project. Be sure to stay tuned for more!

@esexavo Год назад

i love this guy, i learned a lot already, being putting it to use

@royrussell8531 5 месяцев назад

Awesome detailed instructions!!! Love your work!!!

@billstark960 8 месяцев назад

Great job and some great tips, I’m having a new home built in Tennessee and I have decided to install engineered flooring

@ronarndt6722 Год назад

Great video and I appreciate the detailed explanations!

@rolig3518 2 месяца назад

Absolutely brilliant video!

@sl.... 5 месяцев назад

Very in depth. Learned a ton. Thank you

@ElizaDiaz-ew3my 5 месяцев назад

I love the way you explain how to do it

@trumpettradesman 5 месяцев назад

Excellent and thorough video. Good work guys. Thank you

@ronm3380 Месяц назад

Great information how to install hardwood flooring and well done. Thank you!

@Lucky-tab 2 месяца назад

Like the way you show how it done, really good.

@joewenzel5142 Год назад

Another excellent video, before I sell my house I'm going to get some hardwood floor put in. Definitely going to bookmark and download this video once you upload it.

@TheExcellentLaborer Год назад

Bookmark for later is a great idea. Thanks for watching!

@NP-sc5tn 10 месяцев назад

This is an excellent installation guide. I am contemplating a hardwood installation at home, so I have watched gobs of videos about hardwood installs. I am really happy I found this one. After watching this guide, I know I can handle doing it. It's not just what he says but how he shows it, the order of operation is great. Most of the videos I have seen demonstrate the need for a chalk line but not why or how to properly make one. This guy does. Also, the tip about undercutting the drywall makes so much sense, it is so easy to do, and I haven't seen anyone else mention it. Anyway, thanks for taking the time to produce the video. It's really helpful.

@TheExcellentLaborer 10 месяцев назад

I’m glad you found this video as well! I always try to put much detail in my videos as possible. Undercutting the drywall is something that has to be done in certain cases. Good luck with your hardwood flooring project!

@ronm3380 Месяц назад

Very good video. A lot of good information here. Since baseboard trim is all less than 3/4 in and most is 1/2 in it makes sense to cut away the bottom of the drywall so your 3/4 in flooring can expand under it and your 1/2 in thick baseboard will cover your flooring by 1/4 in....so you don't use quarter round. I took measurements from my outside walls and snapped a line all the way through my place from front to back...about 33 ft. Now my flooring runs from the top of the stairs all the way back and is square. The drilling technique is great and used it a lot in tight places...used glue for smaller pieces along the wall. I also used the spline as you show here. I bought a tiny wood planer tnat is about 4 or 5 in long....Very handy to smooth down high spots. I did have to plane the spline down a little bit so my flooring would go together without leaving a gap. My install looks professional and i have done things correctly thanks to this great video.

@carmenchavez5970 Год назад

I am going to do this Wish me luck

@peyvandmanavipour 6 месяцев назад

Great video thanks for the step by step explanation

@robavis4906 Год назад

Your videos are really helpful. You explain everything pretty good.

@TheExcellentLaborer Год назад

I appreciate your feedback Rob. Take care!

@thehonestman26 5 месяцев назад

One tip regarding your math adding in the waste factor: If you take the area of the room, 224sqft in this case, and multiply it by 1.10 instead of .10, you won't have to add the area and the waste together as you already did by putting the 1 before the decimal. Saves a step and chance for error. I always use this when calculating the cost of something plus tax, cost of a meal with tip, etc.

@noahb.7838 Год назад

I like to watch your videos and learn something every time, good work.

@TheExcellentLaborer Год назад

Good to know, Noah! I look forward to seeing viewers comments. Take care!

@punchtheball5748 3 месяца назад

Your work worths a million:-)

@xraycaseyx 4 месяца назад

Great video! Lots of usefull tips

@jonhumphries26 Год назад

Looks good!

@SebastianLopez-lq6to 3 месяца назад

Exelent vidio broo..thanks God bless you.

@carmydeleto4325 Месяц назад

Love your videos. So helpful. Thank you.

@TheExcellentLaborer Месяц назад

I’m glad you are loving them! I try to make all my videos simple to follow. You are welcome!

@410Gregj 9 месяцев назад

Good video. Using a story rod off of plywood seams minimizes constant reversing and line snapping. In most homes the walls are generally pretty parallel to the long plywood seems.

@charliemcallister3072 9 месяцев назад

Great video, thanks. I noticed you were using Bellawood 3/4 x 5" flooring over Advantech same as I am. They sold me underlayment and I started using it but had some creaking on the back edge of the boards. Their website recommends glue assist so I had to start over and do the glue assist with no underlayment and it is a much quieter floor.

@SLickev92 Месяц назад

Great video

@ATacticalG 3 месяца назад

best video wonderful job bro

@yasirwarraich3632 4 месяца назад

Amazing video 👍

@TheExcellentLaborer 4 месяца назад

Thank you! I’m glad you like it!

@kwik1401 Год назад

You're really good at what you do. Thanks for the videos, they're helping me out tremendously! How would you secure your starter rows when installing flooring onto slab on grade/ concrete?

@TheExcellentLaborer Год назад

I’m glad I can help you, Craig! I would check with the manufacturer of the flooring to see what is possible. Different manufacturers might recommend different things.

@vladb4727 9 месяцев назад

Amazing video ! Would you recommend using Dewalt cordless 20V flooring nailer instead of a pneumatic nailer for DYI project? Also, do you cut boards (length) in random sizes or do you follow some unique pattern?

@ChadBarckholtz Месяц назад

Great video, screws you used are 2" or ?

@sanxhez5611 Год назад

You should know NWFA and most manufacturers recommend a glue-assist method of installing for planks 5” or more wide. For both engineered and solid.

@missgray1472 4 месяца назад

I have done a tongue and grove floating floor with glue. I need to install another, but I want to nail or staple it down. I don't have plywood. I have OSB subfloor and 3/8 engineered wood. I am not certain of the correct fastener to use. I thought I would use a 2 inch staple. Now, I see you're using the single cleat. What length are you using and which would you recommend for my install? Which would hold best in the OSP and which is likely to cause less damage to the tongue? I have never seen the spline sold in stores. is there a particular thickness to ask for? What type of underlayment did you use again? I have heard the roofing paper can have an odor. I know you gave the name but I couldn't catch it. Could you type it so I can look for it? Thank you so much for your video. I wish I could hire you!

@jordanbarns8690 Год назад

Im a DIYer and I’m getting ready to install 6” hickory. What I can’t find clarification on is if I should use a vapor barrier? From what I understand you want glue assist with wide plank material, but it doesn’t make any sense to me to put a vapor barrier down and glue assist on top? What I am planning on doing is using the glue itself as the vapor barrier and just make sure I have complete coverage overtop of my osb subfloor. Do you have any suggestions/clarification that may help me? Im doing roughly 500 sq ft.

@MrYetze Год назад

I am wondering if you have to leave 3/4 inch of space between the hardwood floor and the wall?

@200cdl 3 месяца назад

Never mind. I see you underlayment

@justinhenriksen 6 месяцев назад

Hey Josh, I've watched over this a few times and I still cannot understand why the screws for the first row. Doesn't fastening with screws prevent movement? As I understand how these floors are supposed to work, they are supposed to expand seasonally. Wouldn't that bow them in odd spots? Again, I probably have missed it in the video somewhere. Thanks!

@saljablo2767 Год назад

Great video. You know your stuff. Do you make splines or is this something you buy with the floor?

@TheExcellentLaborer Год назад

You can purchase splines from a hardwood flooring dealer. I hope that helps!

@mcmuff1096 Месяц назад

Fist video i've seen using screws, is there a reason for the screws instead of nails?

@petero1068 7 месяцев назад

Can you do one for concrete?

@annefawcett6636 Год назад

My hubby doesn't comment on videos, so I will for him. He says that this video explains a lot of things that the others don't. He's been watching it and taking notes all morning. I am hopeful that I will see hardwoods in our bedroom really soon.😊

@randall2158 6 месяцев назад

So did you get your floors?

@annefawcett6636 6 месяцев назад

Yes! He's all done and it's beautiful. No cussing, either.

@randall2158 6 месяцев назад

@annefawcett6636 nice...just doing my entire house atm. Almost got all my upstairs rooms done.

@ssetzer75 7 дней назад

Why account for 3/4 expansion when you have nailed so frequently, the nails and screws can't move 3/4?

@louisel.sinniger2057 Год назад

After the new year I will be laying a nice wide maple floor in an upstairs bedroom. Believe it or not I enjoy laying floors. Between that and painting I find it relaxing, especially when you have all the RIGHT TOOLS / EQUIPMENT.

@TheExcellentLaborer Год назад

I am just like you. I enjoy it as well. Having the right tools is key. I’m not afraid to drop money on tools if I need to. Thanks for commenting!

@louisel.sinniger2057 Год назад

@@TheExcellentLaborer got that right!

@410Gregj 9 месяцев назад

Make sure it’s engineered or your going to be in for some real seasonal movement

@jimmbrooks 5 месяцев назад

I would like to point out that in newer construction, if 5/8 Advantech T&G subfloor is installed properly, glued and spaced at joints correctly, you dont need to run the floor perpendicular to the floor joists as the Advantech subfloor holds staples exceptionally well and has very minor deflection on new joists spaced properly and glued. Also, anything over 4"face needs glue assist and removes the need for paper. Paper now a days is used more for the installer to slide the pieces around. Advantech has good moisture sepperation qualities, and in order to glue assist or make a pattern in the floor, you need to use construction adhesive directly to subfloor and not paper.

@Phen10 Год назад

Hi. thanks for the video. What kind of jigsaw tool is that? Does is have other attachments?

@TheExcellentLaborer Год назад

It is a Ridgid and job max. Yes you can put several different attachments on it. It is a awesome tool!

@Phen10 Год назад

@@TheExcellentLaborer Looks like a cool tool thanks.

@user-hp6jm1cj9x 16 дней назад

New to the game. Why is the floor considered floating, and we're concerned with expansion, with thousands of nails in it?

@sirlookatme Год назад

Can you use a planer instead of a sander to level the subfloor? Which is better?

@TheExcellentLaborer Год назад

You could use a hand planer, except the nails in the subfloor may be exposed and you could ruin your planner quickly. That is why I recommend a belt sander. I hope that helps!

@EdTravelingEast Год назад

Nicely done! How much sf did you do and how long did it take you? Any recommendations on where to get affordable wood floor?

@TRIPLERRS 3 месяца назад

What would be the labor cost per sq feet great vid!

@TheExcellentLaborer 3 месяца назад

Whatever material cost is usually the price of labor with most construction projects. I hope that helps!

@moneymakingtee1332 Год назад

What size spline/ slip tongue?

@jasoncarey2092 Месяц назад

Great Delco accent

@ericbreitkopf9182 3 месяца назад

Never used underlayment under 5” wide solid hardwood. Have always nailed and glued any wider than 3 1/4”.

@joewenzel5142 Год назад

I noticed no baseboards, do you have to remove the baseboards first or can they be left in place?

@TheExcellentLaborer Год назад

I replied to this comment in the live live stream. Let me know if you seen it!

@Morpheus187 11 месяцев назад

He is a fan of prefinished because he doesn’t have to come back in and sand and stain and put polyurethane or his choice of top coats on top. Today I started installing 9 inch white oak in Balboa Island, Newport Beach, California. A good installer only needs 5% waste. I’ve never heard of 10% until the 2000s.

@200cdl 3 месяца назад

No felt paper under the wood flooring?

@martinfleury4716 Год назад

Cani install hardwood flooring over lamanated floor that's already on floor

@sanxhez5611 Год назад

Definitely not.

@eyyteam Год назад

No glue needed for 5in planks ?

@frederickguerra9999 7 месяцев назад

This gentleman should be an instructor, he pays attention to details and conveys those details to the listener.

@elunico287 Год назад

very well explained and good video but I have a question and how do I install it if it is a concrete floor and I want to install Hardwood Floor and if possible, how is the installation charged if it is by linial feet thank you very much

@breakerofnames1233 3 месяца назад

Also always nail your slip tongue in

@robertgoss7355 Год назад

You should get you a floor jack . Makes job much easier

@Sean-Aviation Год назад

what about installing underlayer to prevent the annoying squeaking known in hardwood floor? or maybe the vapor barrier you installed will do the trick?

@jayvera6679 Год назад

I was watching your video just because you're cute 😍 but I ended up learning a lot. Thanks!

@jeremynguyen2346 10 месяцев назад

Hey 👋

@chrisrogers8694 Год назад

can this type of flooring be put down on a concrete slab home?

@steveirl9414 11 месяцев назад

If you don’t have that nailer, can you use a nail gun? Like 16g maybe? Is it also possible to use screws for the whole room, with the understanding that it’s a lot more work? Love your vids. Thanks!

@audio323 5 месяцев назад

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@harryvh5414 4 месяца назад

Hey man why add 10% to the sqfootage?

@MrTooTechnical Год назад

Oh thank god u used cleats. Not fuking staples. U rock. Nice work

@TheExcellentLaborer Год назад

Cleats are the best! Thanks for watching!

@user-ii5fj7tz9k 11 месяцев назад

Can you give me a link for your underpayment? 2:51

@jeremynguyen2346 10 месяцев назад

How are you

@cotandiet6096 3 дня назад

This is an engineering wood flooring. Why didn't you use staples?

@deadmanswife3625 Год назад

First

@TheExcellentLaborer Год назад

Good work!

@MackDaddyPimpPlaya 11 месяцев назад

Tip from a flooring guy, measure from one wall a foot off a corner to the opposite wall of which you start and finish. Do the same on the beginning and end of those walls and see how square your walls are. Measure the board in your case it’s 5”. Say your wall measurements are 300”. 300 % 5 and you’ll get 60. That’s how many rows it will take. In a perfect scenario you want to start with the same size board as you’ll finish with. If the room is say 308”, you’d do 308 % 5 and you’ll get 61.6 , you’d have 61 full boards and the .6 is 60% of a board to finish. You can adjust the starting row rip to match the end rip. Snap a line at the middle of the room and use that line as a reference to how straight your rows are. If you grow .5 inches after a few rows from your start and end of the line, you know you’ll be in trouble at the end of the job. Measure areas like a hallway with that line and see how your rip cuts look at the hallways and adjust to be even before you start your first row.

@ronniefromOR Год назад

looks great!

@TheExcellentLaborer Год назад

Thank you Ronnie!

@mikem8563 Год назад

Hope you recycled all those boxes

@TheExcellentLaborer Год назад

I still have the pile of boxes in the garage. Thanks for stopping by and watching!

@breakerofnames1233 3 месяца назад

Hard wood doesn’t expand long ways only the width of it expands

@lesgoKSU 6 месяцев назад

when you screw and nail the flooring why do you need an expansion gap? One other thing why do HVAC installers put vents under windows? Blow cold air across hot windows in the summer (heating the AC) and hot air across cold windows in the winter (cooling the heated air). Why?

@tjat5 2 месяца назад

4:16 hey man, not cool.

@oneofgodschildren Год назад

We call that laminate here. He talks so fast omg.

@nathanlitty921 Год назад

not if it is engineered hard wood..... like he said he was installing! two different types of flooring. hard wood flooring, engineered hard wood which can be refinished un like laminate flooring!

@EdTravelingEast Год назад

0.75x, problem solved