7. Wood planks of all various lengths were laid down to form the actual wood floor. The planks have slats in the sides to where they fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. EACH board has a place where a nail gun is able to shoot a nail into the plank thus nailing each wood plank into the plywood. Glue was used to affix planks against where base boards will be since the nail gun was unable to shoot the diagonal nail against the walls. That’s ok though! JUST NOT a full glue down application to the cement.
8. Wait ten plus days for wood to “acclimate”. This ten day waiting period is CRUCIAL. Why?? Because wood expands and contracts under different climatic conditions. Each home has different climatic conditions (humidity levels) which WILL cause your newly installed wood planks to