Install Hardwood Floor With Finish Nailer

A finish nail gun designed for trim work shoots a near headless nail that does not mar the surface look of the wood which makes a finish nailer effective for installing hardwood floors as well.

Install hardwood floor with finish nailer.

To use this nailer position the nail shoe on the wood tongue at about a 15 degree angle downward and inward toward the plank. A finishing nailer will also do a decent job on the hardwood floor by shooting almost headless nails and it will leave no traces behind as you move. I used nothing but the finish nailer for a small bathroom. The accuracy of the flooring nailer is high while compared to other nailer.

It is made specifically to fit over the top edge of plank and tongue. The flooring nailer shoots a headless nail through the tongue and into the subfloor. I own a pancake compressor and a finish nailer and opted for the rental floor nailer. I place the end of the finish nailer on the subfloor or rest it on the tongue tip it 30 45 degrees and aim the nailing end towards the angle between tongue and top of board.

Pneumatic flooring nailer or stapler is the best nailer to install hardwood floor. For correct use make sure the tool s nail shoe is well positioned on the tongue angled at about 15 degrees inward and downward as if moving to the plank. Flooring nailers are pneumatic or manual and they make installing a hardwood floor much lighter work than it once was. Anyone using a floor nailer ends up using a finish nailer for the first and last few rows.

I am also laying it parallel to the joists on 3 4 plywood subfloor that is in good conditon.