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Secret flooring screws.
Hidden removable fixing for all tongue and groove flooring including hard and softwoods and fibreboards.
Tri lock ts thread won t split timber won t loosen and requires no pilot hole.
Floor screws also remove the need for any pre drilling allowing you complete the job quickly without fuss.
Using tongue tite screws.
When you nail tongue and groove flooring properly the nails are invisible so american floor installers call the process blind nailing while british installers call it secret nailing.
Using the secret screwing method with other screws normally requires drilling pilot holes.
When using this method our screw of choice are the spax screws.
Boards can be lifted without damage.
These screws have been designed specifically for the fitting of solid wood flooring.
With the spax screws no pre drilling is required meaning it will take you half the time to lay each board.
This fixing is then covered by the groove of the next board.
The secret fixing method involves driving a screw or nail through the tongue of the oak boards at a 45 degree angle.
No more glues nails or squeaky boards.
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Wood flooring blog secret screwing or secret nailing.
Flooring screws can help to prevent squeaky boards and eliminate the need for glues and nails.
They take a firm hold of the boards and their small heads ensure no damage is caused to the tongues unlike 3 5 or 4 0mm screws which drag the tongue down obstructing subsequent boards.
This is an excellent screw to use for secret nailing flooring.
In this video i show you how to screw new floor boards down so that the screws are hidden.
Flooring screws for a variety of applications such as tongue and groove flooring including hardwoods softwoods and fibreboards.
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