These following two images show an oak tongue and groove floor that I helped to create. The first image is a landing between two sets of stairs. The second is the landing at the top of the same stairs. The process involved cutting lengths to size, gluing the floor, then laying 3-4 rows of flooring. The last row of each lay would be wedged in to the other rows so that all the rows were tight together. The last row would then be secret nailed to the substrate. Thus fixing the laid rows hard together. The secret nails do provide some fixing but the majority of the holding in place is done by the glue when it goes off. We used Selleys No More Nails.
This image (below) shows the boarder that we created around the floor at the top of the stairs as per the clients requirements. This took a bit longer but was rewarding in the finished look.The different sides of the boarder had to be laid as the rest of the floor was laid. That is to say we couldn't lay the boarder and then the floor inside it. So you will notice that one side of the boarder and the top of the boarder are laid but the other side closest to the camera has not been laid. The blocks at the bottom of the photo are used to wedge the floor boards hard together before secret nailing.
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These images show a feature wall that I created. I had done a couple of bigger versions under supervision. This one was done solo for the most part. It has an oak bead around the edge and between the different boards on the feature wall. I would secret nail and glue (Max Bond) the bead and then lay the sheet on top of the bead.
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