Mastering Hardwood Floors : An Installation Guide [Plastic Comb]

James Douglas (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0969385110 | ISBN-13: 978-0969385110 | Publication Date: July 1, 1989

Step-by-Step Professional Instructions and Illustrations show you how to tackle every aspect of WOOD FLOOR INSTALLATIONS like a PRO.

When and How to install unfinished or prefinished Parquet, Strip, and Plank wood flooring.

Detailed topics include when and where to start and finish, direction of flooring, handling and storage, job site conditions, humidity, moisture and condensation concerns. Installations over plywood, concrete, different types of existing floors, special construction situations. Tools required, nails, glues, finishes, sanding and coating, installation tips.

A must for every do-it-yourself library. This book will give you the HOW TO KNOWLEDGE for the custom look you want to achieve.

Product Details

• Plastic Comb: 100 pages
• Publisher: Northern Publications Ltd (July 1, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0969385110
• ISBN-13: 978-0969385110
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,878,472 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Mastering Hardwood Floors, October 4, 2001

By 

Ian J MacDonald (Buffalo, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mastering Hardwood Floors : An Installation Guide (Plastic Comb)

The book is a technical manual with simple and effective drawings and diagrams. It seems to be geared towards a reader who has some familiarity with remodeling and construction. If you are a do-it-yourselfer this is a great book for designing and planning to lay hardwood floors. It is also a good reference to consult while doing the job as well.
This book is part of a two book set, the other book entitled "The Art of Refinishing Hardwood Floors". While that book was also very good, most of it was contained in "Mastering Hardwood Floors".

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Mastering Hardwood Floors: An Installation Guide, September 3, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Mastering Hardwood Floors : An Installation Guide (Plastic Comb)

This is not a book, it is a syllabus. Very poorly illustrated with few details. Also this material is dated. Got absolutely no useful information from this.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Outdated, June 20, 2003

By 

J. Shuit "shuit1" (Santa Barbara, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mastering Hardwood Floors : An Installation Guide (Plastic Comb)

This is a great book if you are going to do your flooring very oldschool. The book was published in 1989 and back then all of the varieties of different kinds of flooring types weren't available. This book is mainly for people that are going to nail down their floors. Also, one other point, the book is VERY cheap. The book is binded with plastic rings (like that you would expect from an old recipe book) and it appears that the pages were all copied with a cheap copy machine. All of the illustrations are hand drawn and in black in white. There is some useful information, however it is way outdated.