Hardwood or Laminate

[mmay269965]

I have a 2005 32X65 Patriot Crystal Valley. The floor decking is some sort of MDF, my question concerns new floor covering. I know I can install Laminate, but can I install hardwood with out any problems? I would really hate to shoot a nail into a water line etc.

Any help or comments appreciated

[David Oxhandler]

If your talking about pre-finished hardwood strip flooring it is not likely that you would hit a water line. Most instructions for this type installation call for 2 inch nail gun nailing. YOu need to adjust to the thickness of your existing floor. Make sure that you use nails that are of a length that wont penetrate beyond the depth of the new flooring and the existing floor. Penetrating beyond the bottom of the original flooring wont add any additional griping power.

If you would like to read a good article about how to install pre-finished hardwood strip flooring see http://www.hammerzone.com/archives/floo ... tapled.htm

[mmay269965]

Thanks David for your input, and for the article.

Mike