Bamboo and Exotic Wood Floors - engineered hardwood glue or nail down ?

Installin American Vintage Walnut 5" wide planks, random length, 3/8 thickness. by Bruce Hardwood Floors.
Is OSB subfloor good enough for glue down application.
How hard is to gluedown engineered hardwood. Any special tools required beside regular hardwood floor tools.
Can it be stapled or nailed down.

Call Armstrong and ask for the tech dept!!! That is who makes Bruce flooring.

Most of their engineered is gluedown ONLY.

Usually flooring that thin is glued down as nailing or stapling the smaller tongues is difficult.

Regarding tool, just a notched trowel on one side, smooth on the other and you are good to go. Make sure you are using an adhesive made for wood flooring. Dont forget the adhesive remover as that type of glue is difficult to remove from your hands, tools, and flooring.

Michael Peterson

thanks for you reply. what about subfloor is the OSB good enough or requires some special subfloor


Usually flooring that thin is glued down as nailing or stapling the smaller tongues is difficult.

Regarding tool, just a notched trowel on one side, smooth on the other and you are good to go. Make sure you are using an adhesive made for wood flooring. Dont forget the adhesive remover as that type of glue is difficult to remove from your hands, tools, and flooring.

Michael Peterson

OSB is fine. The important thing is that the mositure of the OSB is within 3% of the floor that has been acclimated to install. Also, ensure that the floor is leveled, and if not, sand the OSB before continuing.

Here's my two cents ... I bought some 5/16" Bruce Remodelers Choice a few years ago. It was also glue or nail down installation. I did the math, and thought I could get by on 1 3.5 Gallon tub of glue - Bruce Equalizer (~$100) vs buying a Senco gun they recommended online for ~$180. Thought I was making a smart move. However, I ended up needing 2 3.5 gallon tubs of glue, plus, had a mess to clean up. I'm not sure if nailing down would have presented any other issues, but with the glue, I had to put painters tape everywhere to try and hold the joints tight. In the end, the floors turned out pretty decent, but I think I would have saved $20 bucks, and gotten the job done much faster if I had bought the nail gun ...

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