What tools do I need to install wooden flooring?
In order to successfully install a parquet floor, a few common tools are needed:
- A folding rule
- A pencil
- A hammer
- A jigsaw or handsaw
- A carpenter’s square and possibly
- A power drill
- Gloves
- A tapping block
- Spacers
- A flat crowbar
Click installation makes do with few tools
In order to successfully install a parquet floor, a few common tools are needed. Click installation requires no screws, nails or glue. Instead, the floors are laid floating and click together. Three different ways to lay the floorboards mean that no tools are required to install them - as these cover close to all situations you are faced with when laying floors.
Pergo offers a laying kit - everything you need in one box
Pergo offers a laying kit: everything you need in one box. The kit includes spacers, a tapping block and a flat crowbar. Pergo also offers an installation kit for skirting boards.
If you need to measure one extra time, make a small mark, give the tapping block a little push or get that angle perfect, a folding rule, pen and carpenter’s square will also be useful additions to your tool kit.
A jigsaw or handsaw
Use a jigsaw or handsaw to cut a wooden board. Take care when sawing to prevent splintering. On a handsaw the teeth should always be facing up. If, on the other hand, you use a jigsaw, the teeth should be facing down.
Find out more:
- Learn more about wooden flooring
- How to lay wooden flooring