Nail Down Wood Flooring

Wood flooring is a hugely popular flooring solution these days. Chosen by people seeking all different types of interior, wood flooring can really add charm to your home. Hailed by some as even adding value to properties and making them easier to sell in difficult market conditions, wood flooring is, without a doubt, a great choice. What’s more, easy to maintain and versatile, a well looked after wood floor could last a lifetime.

Wood flooring comes in two main types: engineered and solid. Solid wood flooring, as the name suggests, is wood flooring which is made from planks of wood made from one piece of your selected species and grade of wood. Recognised for its stability, engineered wood floor, is not only suitable for installation above under floor heating, it is also more resistant to moisture and temperature fluctuations than solid wood, making it a more versatile flooring option. Created by bonding layers of plywood and finishing it with a solid oak lamella or top layer, engineered wood flooring looks and feels just like real wood.

Nail down wood flooring fitting is arguably the most straightforward wood floor fitting method. That said, nail down wood floor fitting is only recommended over a wooden subfloor. The subfloor might be original floorboards or plywood. If the subfloor is plywood, you can choose to fit your floorboards in any direction you please. If however, you’re using the nail down fitting method over an existing floor, the new boards should be fitted perpendicular to the old boards to ensure stability.