I’m planning to installing ¾â€ oak flooring in our dining room/hall area, anyone have any experience with the Senco SFN40 finish nailer attachment for T&G flooring part#XA1376 or would you use the Senco SLS20HF T&G stapler?
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Edited 6/9/2005 9:27 am ET by Brewster1
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First, STOP SHOUTING!
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Get a pneumatic flooring nailer. You hit the plunger with a mallet, it drives the boards together and then drives a barbed cleat thru the tongue. I have a SFN40 and there's no way it would do what a flooring nailer does, no matter what attachment you got.
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I think the t&g attachment might be good for 1x fir or cedar material used as wall or ceiling paneling. I've had to do a bunch of that lately, and my nailers and staplers work but not great. A pointy foot that fit inside corners would be great.
Thank you, David
If, at first, you fricascee, fry, fry a hen!
Vote number two for a flooring gun.
I`m old school and prefer the manual version.....but I`ve heard good things about the pnuematics.
Either or.....but not a finish nailer.
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Vote #3 for the T&G nailer. The true flooring nailer helps insure that the boards are snug against each other, because the method of use helps push the boards together. I'm not sure if that explanation makes sense or not, but you get the idea.
Another vote for a flooring gun. The fasteners (either cleats or staples) have greater holding power than finish nails, so you'll have fewer squeaks.
yup on the flooring nailer.....those cleats hold like ring shanks in hardwood.....