Cutting Off Floor Nails

Tremont offers 18 historic patterns of cut nails for restoration renovation and authentication projects ranging from recreation of old furniture to restoration of historic buildings.

Cutting off floor nails.

A crowbar will damage the boards badly ripping up the tongues an. Solid wood flooring installations. Extracting nails from floorboards is hellishly difficult if you don t have the right tools. Clean the floor around the jamb and pull out any nails from the jamb that may interfere with the saw using a pry bar.

Below the surface with a heavy punch or countersink. Columbia aluminum products 1 1 2 in 9 gauge coated steel flooring nails 12 count item 474793. The 16 gauge nail is perfect for 1 2 in. Model l4792 nail 1lb.

Model l4798 nail pks. The humble nail has a long history of craftsmanship behind every bag or box. A one eighth inch depth is enough. The porta nails 16 gauge l head flooring cleat and nail the porta nails 16 gauge l head flooring cleat and nail is designed for flooring decorative paneling ceiling and sub flooring applications.

For pricing and availability. Tremont nail is the oldest manufacturer of nails in the u s producing the most extensive line of steel cut restoration nails at its historic mill in wareham massachusetts for over 180 years. A traditional plank floor was face nailed with handmade nails. These nails are made of high strength carbon steel.

Columbia aluminum products 1 1 2 in 9 gauge coated steel flooring nails 1 lb item 474456. When sanding a floor with cut nails keep in mind that sanding will abrade nail heads. Types of nails for laying hardwood floor. Mark each joist location with a string line no chalk and drill pilot holes for the cut nails.

The saw will cut through the nails but they may damage the blade so it s. Flooring nails have special qualities that make them suitable for the job. Masonry cut nail has this look.