real wood will act completely different than laminated products and the noise would be so annoying (creak, creak, creak)
Read the full replyPlanning to do some hardwood floor in my home. I am just wondering why is it necessary to nail three or four times on each piece ? Since the planks has tongue and grove on them, why can't one just nail the first pieces at the perimeter of the room and let all other pieces "float" ?
Why the floating concept can only be applied on laminate flooring but not real hardwood floor ? Just curious.
If you have teenagers, that could be a good thing, making it harder for them to sneak in (or out) at times they shouldn't be....
Are you suggesting that noise is the main reason for not installing a floating hardwood floor ? Just curious.
Laminate doesn't shrink, cup, and twist as much with changing humidity as real wood does. White oak can change size by as much as 8% of it's saturated size, in the cross-grain direction. Call it 4% for the maximim reasonable humidity ranges.
On 2" strip flooring, (50mm), that's two millimeters per board.
The tounges are what, 3/8" ? So it should take the accumulated shrinkage of less than 10 boards to create a big enough gap to pop one out..
Good parenting demands squeaky floors.
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