Laying
short pieces of
hardwood flooring 1 1/4
inches thick all the way across at a 30 x 15
room is not a fun way to spend your
time. You have to go 1
row at a time
tapping the
tongue of the one piece into the
groove of the other,
over and
over and
over and
over again. Also, you have to do most of this on your knees, the only person who gets to
stand up is the one who operates the
nailer and they have to be
hunched over swinging a
mallet.
A word of advice: Use a
wooden handled
hammer when
laying pieces. Then simply set the piece in place,
tap it from the
front with the wooden handle then use the hammer end to bang it
sideways into its neighboring piece. Then the person operating the nailer comes around swinging the mallet wildy at you. Then you get to repeat the laying of the pieces over and over and over until you come to a wall or some
weird angle which then makes it so you have to
cut pieces into
crazy shapes.
All in all it isn't that bad of a
job as long as you have a nice pair of
knee pads. You can make good money doing
hardwood floors and it looks
cool when your done. :)