Tips for Installing Brazilian Hardwood Flooring

<h2 style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt"><font size="3" color="#990000">Tips for Installing Brazilian Hardwood Flooring</font></h2><p><span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: ‘Verdana’,’sans-serif’; letter-spacing: 1pt; font-size: 10pt">Nothing can compare to the exquisite beauty and elegance of Brazilian hardwood flooring. The way in which the flooring is installed is vital to its esthetics and ideally, a well-recommended professional should do the installation. In general, hardwood retailers recommend their favorite professionals to customers. However, if you are one of those DIY persons who like to do things on their own and are keen on home improvement techniques, you will find that hardwood floors are not that hard to lay out. Although the task might seem daunting at the outset, once you start with it, albeit with a proper guide and in adherence to proper procedure, you will find that things literally fall into place.</span></p><span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: ‘Verdana’,’sans-serif’; letter-spacing: 1pt; font-size: 10pt"><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">You shall have to first arrange for the complete set of tools and equipment that you will require for the job – instead of buying every single tool (a highly expensive line of action in itself) you can borrow them. Be prepared to spend around $200 on this point. Once you have the tools in your hand you can start your work, but make sure you have an installation guide, or someone in person, to walk you through the entire project. Although not the most complex of all jobs, mistakes are easy to make while installing a hardwood floor and these can result in drastically inferior results – something that you don’t want.</p>  <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Without going into the ground details of the installation process, here are a few checkpoints that you have to go keep in mind:</p>  <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">:: You have to first lay out the underlayment, over which the actual Brazilian hardwood flooring has to be installed.</p>  <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">:: The actual installation is relatively simple and greatly satisfying as it gives you a sense of achievement and progress in this long and tedious project.</p>  <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">:: The final part of giving a finishing to the floor is in fact the toughest part – as it involves sanding, staining and clear coating. Be prepared for back breaking work in this part of the project.</p>  <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Some tips that you should make a note of while going through the entire process are:</p>  <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">:: The hardwood boards that the manufacture delivers to you shall contain short pieces that will not seem to go well in any area. These pieces are best kept for less visible areas such as recesses, closets, etc.</p>  <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">:: Make sure that you are satisfied with the layout of the pieces while racking out the floor itself, and make adjustments then and there – as it is going to be difficult making changes later on.</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: center"><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" width="425" height="282"><param name="movie" value="../images/banners/12a.swf" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="wmode" value="" /><embed src="../images/banners/12a.swf" wmode="" quality="high" menu="false" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="282"></embed></object></div>  <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">:: Take care none of the tools have sharp ends in contact with the floor.</p>  <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Laying out a Brazilian hardwood floor is long and drawn out process, particularly if you want to lay out a floor with a border. Be prepared to spend at least one entire weekend if you do not want a border, and a series of weekends for a floor with a border. In addition, take into account a few more days of sanding and polishing up the floor.</p>  <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">However, at the end of it all, you shall have superb Brazilian hardwood flooring in place in your house and a sense of fulfillment in your heart – nothing on this earth can beat that.</p>   <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><strong>About the author</strong></p>  <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Shawn Smith is the owner of Products Limited Ditribution. Products Limited Distributing has quality solid exotic hardwood flooring direct to the USA, offering you the best value in the industry for <a href="http://www.products-limited.com/products_limited_distribution_brazilian_hardwood.html">Brazilian Hardwood</a></p>  <p><span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: ‘Verdana’,’sans-serif’; letter-spacing: 1pt; font-size: 10pt">Article Source: <a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/home-improvement-articles/tips-for-installing-brazilian-hardwood-flooring-1689098.html" target="_blank">http://www.articlesbase.com/home-improvement-articles/tips-for-installing-brazilian-hardwood-flooring-1689098.html</a> </span></p></span>