Making Hardwood Flooring Splines

Parallel wall lines to the flooring direction is where we need to be square.

Making hardwood flooring splines.

Our hardwood floor spline sliptongue is made from domestic hardwoods. Length x 1 2 in. While in the first room the grooves on each plank might point away from the door a transition allows that direction to change and the grooves to point the. Natural wood grain finish.

Each individual spline is 1 4 in. Flooring installers do this by tapping a makeshift tongue called a spline or slip tongue into the grooves of the boards in the first course. Measure from one corner of the starting wall out the same width of your flooring then add the recommended expansion gap equal to the thickness of the flooring make a check mark on the measurement. Width x 42 in.

A successful hardwood floor transition requires one of two different joints in order to change the direction of the planks. 3 1 4 3 4 4. The best way to make a hardwood spline is shown in the drawings at right. The easiest way to make a hardwood spline is to simply rip a thin strip from a board.

Hardwood floor spline is used for a transition piece in tongue and groove flooring when changing the direction of the hardwood floor. 1 snap a straight line to mark the first course of. Thickness x 1 2 in. Our sliptongue is produced using either red oak or poplar depending on availability.

Spline dimensions are 42 in. A change in direction refers to the positioning of the tongue and groove joints between each adjacent plank. Packaged 10 per pack. Width x 1 4 in.

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