Flooring/carpentry help
Flooring/carpentry help
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- kona4
To get those nails out you're going to need a pair of pliers and brute strength. If you can't pull them straight out bend them back and forth until they snap off, then hammer in whatever was left sticking up.
Once everything is back flush, run to Ace or Home Depot and pick up a tube of "liquid nails". You'll need a tube and caulk gun.
Run the liquid nails goop along the exposed area of the base board, not the one that broke off.
Place the one that popped off back into place.
Put some heavy books or sit on it.
Liquid nails your son to the bed in his room. That will teach him.
Have a beer.
Rip off shirt.
Scream into the air "I. HAVE. MADE. FLOORING"
- If you do want to nail it yes, you will use finishing nails for floors. Ask your store pro what they would recommend for a hammer.kona
- I would recommend the hammer of thor but that's just me.kona
- They will recommend a finishing hammer. It's small and light weight so you'll be less inclined to hit the nails too hard into the floor and the head of the...kona
- hammer dents the floor and imprints it's head into the wood, or cracks it. That would be bad. Liquid nails should work though.kona
- Kona your answer made my day! So liquid nails is good enough? No hammering in new finishing nails?nocomply
- Liquid nails is scary strong. Just don't put too much so it oozes out all over everything. http://www.liquidnai…kona
- PS - Should have mentioned I tried pulling the nails out with pliers but it felt like I was going to break the board. Think I'll need to break the nails off.nocomply