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How to Lay Engineered Wood Floors
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Shopping List
Supplies You Will Need
1. ENGINEERED WOOD FLOORS
2. MASKING TAPEfor holding together glued-down boards until the adhesive sets
3. PATCHING COMPOUNDused to fill low spots in subfloor
4. 15-POUND BUILDER'S FELTfor use as an underlayment
5. RING-SHANK NAILS OR PHILLIPS-HEAD SCREWSfor securing subfloor, if necessary
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Tools List
Tools You Will Need
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Straightedge
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Handsaw
for trimming door casing -
Pneumatic brad nailer
for fastening the first courses of flooring -
Miter saw
for cutting flooring strips to length(alternative: backsaw with a miter box -
Jigsaw
for trimming pieaces to fit around vents and other obstacles (alternative: coping saw) -
Pnuematic staple gun
for securing flooring to subfloor (alternative: hammer stapler) -
Notched trowel
for spreading adhesive for glue-down installations -
Plaster trowel
for spreading filler to level subfloor -
Combination square
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Utility knife
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Mallet
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Pull bar
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Plastic tapping block
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Hammer
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Hammer tacker
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Tape measure
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Drill
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Air compresor
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•Choosing Wood Flooring
•Installing a Floating Floor
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