You can get either a stapler or a nailer.
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Nails and staples differ in their holding properties.
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Staples are familiar to diy fans and building box stores often push this method of installation.
Nails allow for a more natural expansion and contraction of the hardwood floorboards with fewer problems.
Now depending on what tool you may be using there are cleat nails manufactured with a barbed like appearance on the bottom that helps hold the flooring into the subfloor.
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You have to choose between models that use either l cleats or t cleats.
When you follow the proper procedure for your fastener of choice you will get the best results possible.
Staples on the other hand gain their strength by not only a two pronged approach but also through the use of a hardened glue resin coating.
For all 3 types of fasteners.
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Built for durability our nailers will withstand the wear and tear of any jobsite and feature bumpers to protect pre finished floors against marring.
Bostitch flooring nailers and flooring staplers are ergonomically designed for ease of use.
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Using a pneumatic tool staples are used to secure hardwood flooring to a plywood subfloor.
Staples are affordable easy to load and widely.
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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.
Browse our selection of primatech cleats staples and nails or powernail flooring tools and flooring accessories.
This air powered flooring nailer and stapler is compatible with 16 gauge l cleats t cleats and 15 5 gauge 1 2 in.
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.
A staple will give a stronger less forgiving hold because of its two pronged construction.
Staples allow an experienced installer to put in about 500 square feet of flooring in an 8 hour day.
So if you want a pneumatic nailer you have one more decision to make.
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And cabinet builders looking to fasten materials while keeping nail visibility to a minimum.
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