In the flooring installation video https://www.finehomebuilding.com/pages/subscription/how-to-install-wood-flooring/video-04.asp the contractor uses a neat ratchet spreader device that pushes against a wall or block and pulls the flooring into place. Does anyone know what these are called and where I could find one?
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aroby
Without the full membership to FHB.com, you can't see the video you provide a link to..
I have no idea on the tool you mention, but for many years the tool to use to hold and pull floating floors together is a strap ratchet. However, as far as pulling them together, the advent of the click-lock floors has changed that tactic. Needing to lift the edge to engage the lock feature pretty much limits it's use. A tap block made for the flooring is what is used to finish the connection.
If you're talking about a nail down, I've never had a need for a ratcheting tool, a block made from a pc. of scrap flooring along with the nailer has been enough to tighten while fastening.
Worst case, screw a block to the subfloor and drive wedges between it and the flooring you're putting down. Similarly, driving a chisel into the subfloor and pushing/pulling against the strip will bring stubborn pcs together.
It's a flooring jack
I think you mean a flooring jack like this:
http://www.amazon.com/Hardwood-Laminate-Installation-Flooring-Jack/dp/B003NLYTFK/ref=pd_cp_hi_2
Another kind here:
http://www.amazon.com/Cepco-Tool-QuikJack-Flooring-Construction/dp/B0000224PZ
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Yes, that's it. I never thought of looking for a jack.
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