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   fullpint | Mar 21, 2003 06:39am | #1

   More Input, 

     3/8  with a 2" staple?  Why are you running parallel to the sub-floor, or do you mean joists?  What condition is the pine in, is it stable or is it subject to alot of movement?  Will the floor run with the light coming in? How  do you feel about gluing it down. assuming this is a laminated product?  Prefinished ? 

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   jako17 | Mar 21, 2003 10:54am | #2

   Here is some  additional information 3/8 ,unfinished,solid white oak flooring.The pine sub floor is 105 years old and tight to the joists .It has been screwed down with 3" No 10 screws  and where needed extra 2x material sistered to the joists and the sub floor screwed and glued with construction adhesive to the sisters . The house is a long narrow Victorian ,fairly dark.To run the floor at right angles to the sub floor doesn't look as attractive and the direction of the floor would be across the direction of walking.What light there is would generally be in the direction of the sub floor

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   fullpint | Mar 21, 2003 09:30pm | #3

   Enough said, you should be able to nail down the product as you wish, as to cleats or nails, you will probably have a myriad of opinions on that, even from the suppliers of the fasteners, they will differ in their answers, I know that because I asked before, might want to put a call into the local installers, I have heard that some think in high humidity areas the staples are too tight?

   Hope this helps.

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   jako17 | Mar 22, 2003 05:06am | #4

   Thanks very much for the help, I will check around