"John" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Buscuit butt joints of wide pine boards? Or not?
>
> I'm about to lay 700 sq feet of 8 & 12 inch red pine and it was
recommended
> to buscuit the buts. I was not going to, thinking that face nailing would
be
> enough. Now I'm thnking that I'd like more opinions.
>
23 years and counting, and my pine floors which are simply face nailed with
cut nails are still laying just fine. I wouldn't bother with the added fuss
of biscuits or any other added fastener system.
--
-Mike-
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"John" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "rob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:PR6Yd.87914$wc.49129@trnddc07...
> > I've never had a prob with over-engineered fastenings, footings, or
> > structures...
>
> I usually feel safer overestimating fastenings, but I seem to remember
> reading somewhere that using buscuits were a bad idea in floors. I can't
> remember why, although I suspect it has something to do with each board
> expanding and contracting induvidually.
>
Don't glue. Might help with crowning.
I've never had a prob with over-engineered fastenings, footings, or
structures...
"John" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Buscuit butt joints of wide pine boards? Or not?
>
> I'm about to lay 700 sq feet of 8 & 12 inch red pine and it was
> recommended
> to buscuit the buts. I was not going to, thinking that face nailing would
> be
> enough. Now I'm thnking that I'd like more opinions.
>
> Opinions?
>
> John
>
>
"rob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I've never had a prob with over-engineered fastenings, footings, or
> structures...
I usually feel safer overestimating fastenings, but I seem to remember
reading somewhere that using buscuits were a bad idea in floors. I can't
remember why, although I suspect it has something to do with each board
expanding and contracting induvidually.
-john
> "John" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Buscuit butt joints of wide pine boards? Or not?
> >
> > I'm about to lay 700 sq feet of 8 & 12 inch red pine and it was
> > recommended
> > to buscuit the buts. I was not going to, thinking that face nailing
would
> > be
> > enough. Now I'm thnking that I'd like more opinions.
> >
> > Opinions?
> >
> > John
> >
> >
>
>