Fixed objects include walls pipes trim and transitions.
Installing engineered hardwood transition pieces.
Apply wood glue to the tongue and groove seams.
You need a reducer strip to transition from hardwood tile or other thick materials to laminate and t molding to transition from materials that are the same thickness such as carpet.
This home depot guide provides step by step instructions to install solid hardwood flooring.
Installing the flooring too tight to the transition molding floating floors require an expansion gap around all fixed objects.
Floating floors will expand and contract with changes in the interior home climate.
If you install end cap molding next to brick tile or concrete caulk the gap between the transition strip and the flooring.
When installing additional rows work from left to right.
Installing transition strips is an often overlooked part of the installation of hard surface flooring.
Then connect the pieces carefully folding and tapping the new piece to rest on the subfloor.
These can finish off the edge of a floor and make the job look much more professional.
Immediately wipe up any glue that squeezes through the boards.
If the end cap is next to carpet nail a tack strip next to the.
Note that some engineered hardwood flooring products have a click lock design.