How to Install a Teak Wood Floor Over Plywood
Teak wood flooring is among the finest types of wood floor covering you can buy (and one of the most expensive). It's prized for its intricate, rich grain designs and colors, which bring to mind the tropics. It installs in the same general manner as standard wood floors, with tongue-and-groove milling along the edges holding it together and floor nails holding it down. Let the teak boards acclimate to the local environment for a week or more before you install them. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Felt flooring underlayment
- Stapler
- Razor knife
- Chalk snap line
- Tape measure
- Teak floorboards
- Floor nail gun
- Miter saw
- Table saw
Instructions
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Cover the floor in felt underlayment, laying it down in overlapping courses. Use a razor knife to cut it as needed to fit. Cut it to size with a utility knife. Staple it down.
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Lay a line 1/2-inch out from the edge of the floor where you want to start using a chalk snap line.
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Set the first teak floorboard at one end of the line, with the grooved edge facing the wall and sitting ½-inch out from it. Nail it down with your floor nail gun, shooting the nails straight down through the surface every foot or so along both edges.
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Set a second board off the end of the first, linking them by their tongue-and-groove ends. Secure the second board in the same way as the first by top-nailing it.
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Repeat and continue, laying the entire first course of boards end to end. Use a miter saw to cut the last board as needed to fit.
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Set the second course of teak boards alongside the first, linking them along their long sides. Shoot nails through the sides of the boards (rather than the top) at an inward angle, about one nail per foot. Cut the last board as needed.
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Continue working your way across the floor course by course, using the nail gun to side-nail the boards. Position the boards to offset the ends by at least 6 inches from each other between courses.
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Cut the boards of the final course length-wise on a table saw to fit along the ending wall with a 1/2-inch space left there. Top-nail the final course of boards as you did the first course. Floor trim will cover the spaces.
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