How To Install Herringbone Wood Floors

Repeat for the other three sides.

How to install herringbone wood floors.

From straight lay strip to parquet herringbone and more these articles offer the 411 on wood floor installation. All content ideas and words are my own. Use the flooring nailer to place the decorative border strip around the herringbone pattern. Recoating refinishing recoating refinishing recoating and refinishing are some of the trickiest parts of the wood floor business.

Click through for the complete tutorial on how to install herringbone hardwood flooring. These articles offer help for products from newer floors to historic homes. Step 19 nail the border pieces photo by wendell t. Then use the nailer to install the apron strips around the border.

Of course there are also before images a video my design reasoning and our plan of attack for finishing the remainder of the flooring. Emily henderson recently installed herringbone wood floors in her southern california home that she is remodeling with her hubby. According to emily s contractor you can expect to pay 30 more in labor costs to install the herringbone pattern and around 1 40 to 4 00 per square foot to stain sand and seal the floors if you purchase unfinished wood. Run a bead of wood glue in the groove along one side of the herringbone field and insert a long spline then tap the spline in place.

We used 1 inch walnut.