Anyone put down their own wood flooring?

The floor guy sanded right over them. The nail heads are somewhat rounded. I also told the floor guy to sand very lightly because we did not want him to sand off the smoked on and aged patina nor remove the circlesaw saw marks on the boards.

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We did a 24x32' family room with wood we recycled from a gym--maple for $100!!! Had to clean every groove by hand. Nailed as we were too poor to rent any special tools. DH and the kids and I did it all ourselves.....they were a big help as much more agile than their parents. Sanded, left it natural color and 3 coats poly. It was gorgeous but I can't even think of how many hours it took. This house will get bamboo when I save enough pennies. Oh,looking at the above pics I remember setting all the nails,too.....the kids were really good at that. DEE

We bought the New England Pine, 5 inch planks.
It is pretty nice, or seems so to me.

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I want to do mine in southern yellow pine but have to find out how to put it on a slab. I am doing all my trim in it. I would love to do the floor in random width. What I really want is to build a small cabin that is not on a slab.

Thank you.

The guys who did mine worked their tails off. Might be why it took them, oh, three weeks longer than predicted by the overly optimistic estimator. (And the guy who did the bid was there every day working the hardest of all of them.) One thing that really looked helpful- almost made me want to own one- was a very adjustable 'table' saw to do any angle real quick perched in a bucket that caught all the saw dust. Used it a few feet away from the room they were working on. And the air hammer was important- too bad you can't keep it for a few months cheap instead of pay day rental.

Can you work your tail off 12 hours in one day in each week or soemthing? And take any permitted pain killers that help you- motrin etc ahead of time and again afterward with tylenol. Oh, and knee pads!!!! A helper just to keep you from getting up and down all day long would help, and laying out the floor then nailing several courses in one go (if you haven't figured that out yet).

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On a slab a lot depends on you water situation as in gettin wet and moisture wicking. But you just need to put down sleepers about 16" apart on the concrete. They can be 2x4 or even 1x4 as long as they are treated. I would then lay foam between. really helps that type of construction for warmth. Actually lay the foam as you go that way you can keep it tight. Use tapcons to put it down so it stays. You could then lay rosin paper and the floor.
Wouldn't hurt if you have time to put a seal coat on the bottom. Doesn't have to be anything special. One of the outdoor commercial items or some form of oil.
Your slab should have some kind of protection from wicking water from the outside. It should be high enough ,lots of stone underneath, so that you can "grade" away from it so the water runs away.

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If you really want to sand a face-nailed floor, you put the flooring down with hidden nails first, sand, then go along and put in your nice forged nails. It's tough to re-sand later on, though- you have to be careful not to over do it, as Cabin Fever said.

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