Flooring Staples Not Going In Far Enough

I stay around 80 pounds.

Flooring staples not going in far enough.

Then you may use an edger nails gun or nail down manually. Which brings me to my original struggle not sure if 2 inch or 1 3 4 inch is better. Misshapen staples can be the product of the hammer not hitting the individual staple in the correct stop. When the scraper blade which is around 1 8th inch thick think dull sidewalk ice scraper here contacts a staple it.

I tried regular bruce hardwood at my house to get a feel for the gun. Nwfa specifies 2 but i am worried about the penetration out the back of the osb yet i am worried that 1 3 4 wont be enough. At 105 pounds you should be shooting cleats into the basement. I know i wont do 1 1 2.

To test your spring open the stapler slide it back and let go. Attempting to nail down a wooden floor by hand is not recommended for a number of reasons including consistency and accuracy. Hardwood cleats don t go in the plank far enough i have been working on hardwood floor project and the bostitch manual floor nailer couldn t drive the nail in all the way. It is not pushed down on as this will cause gouging.

One of the floor guys i use from time to time gave me a bostich miii. It has a 5 6 foot long handle on it and is just allowed to glide across the floor. The spring should rapidly contact the bar of staples. Going for the staples.

When used improperly staples or cleats can damage wood flooring. On your last rows you may won t be able to use the stapler because there will be not enough space between the boards and the wall. If the tool is not adjusted properly the staples cleats may not be positioned at the proper angle and cause blistering peaking squeaking or crackling of the floor. Using a stapler with 1 1 2 to 2 staples is one method to attach wood flooring to your subfloor.

I had to set tons of staples to get the boards close and. The air driven pneumatic nailer will produce enough force to ensure the fastening is tightly secure. I have little experience with pneumatic cleat guns but i know they have a piston big enough to sink the dog scat out of a lil ole cleat. I also use the bostich m 111.

The heavy headed or weighted scraper is run across the floor in a regular scraping fashion. Use 15 ga 1 3 4 long staples when installing 3 4 solid wood flooring when 3 4 plywood is applied directly over a concrete slab so that the staple does not go through the 3 4 plywood hitting the concrete. If the spring s reaction is slow or not forceful enough a replacement is needed. It s practically new but i can seem to get the staples to sink far enough.

If you are using long enough nails or staples try fastening them to the places where the joists are going through. I went from 2 to 1 1 2 staples and it didn t make a difference. Some models may require the use of an adapter to adjust for proper thickness.