The old pine flooring that is commonly referred to as dirty top pine has the mark of original saw blades from a by gone era.
Antique tongue and groove flooring.
We offer flooring in both tongue and groove as well as plain wide plank.
After the first row tap each subsequent row into place and nail with a flooring stapler.
Start at one end of the board and work to the other nailing every 2 ft.
Developed in the late 1800s tongue and groove flooring took off as manufacturers began mass producing interlocking hardwood planks that eliminated the need for exposed nail heads had been a.
How to install tongue and groove flooring.
Structural grade tongue and groove floorboards typically pine or lower grade oak were typically a uniform 6 to 8 in width much narrower than the wider pit sawn planks of the 17th and 18th centuries.
A tradition in new orleans flooring this hardy rustic flooring is hard to come by and is one of our most popular tongue and groove pine flooring for sale.
Nail the floor every 2 ft.