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26th November 2006, 11:05 AM #1
Fixing flooring to steel joists
Does anyone have any experience using a nailgun to fix a timber floor to steel (duragal) joists? I've got some of studleys 80mm hardwood flooring which I was going to use the secret nail profile to fix to timber battens fixed to the sides of the steel joists. However I have heard of nail guns which will fix timber to steel. The issues though are:
What sort of nail won't pull straight back out of the steel?
And what sort of nail can be used at around a 45 degree angle (secret nailing) and not 'bounce' off the top of the steel joist?There was a young boy called Wyatt
Who was awfully quiet
And then one day
He faded away
Because he overused White
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26th November 2006, 09:00 PM #2Intermediate Member
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There isnt any nails that will attach at 45 degress.The nails that are used are hardened screw shank nails that are intended for sheet fooring and are around $200 a box .Even these nails aren't perfect.The odd nail here and there will nail home too hard and will not want to live where it is supposed to..
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26th November 2006, 09:14 PM #3
darn, thanks.
So they work vertically, but at 45 degrees is too much of an ask?
CheersThere was a young boy called Wyatt
Who was awfully quiet
And then one day
He faded away
Because he overused White
Floorsanding in Canberra and Albury.....
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27th November 2006, 03:59 AM #4
I don't think even RamSet (explosive cartridge) would go 45 degrees.
Why do you need 45 degrees to fix the battens? Don't you only need that for flooring to battens? Or do I not understand your terminology?
JoeOf course truth is stranger than fiction.
Fiction has to make sense. - Mark Twain
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29th November 2006, 10:07 PM #5
The boards are being secret nailed so thats goes in at an angle?
There was a young boy called Wyatt
Who was awfully quiet
And then one day
He faded away
Because he overused White
Floorsanding in Canberra and Albury.....
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29th November 2006, 11:22 PM #6
Ahhhh! Finally figured it out. You prefer to not use battens, right? In that case, I think the answer is "No" to nailing. In fact, I doubt self-drilling screws would work at 45 degrees either.
JoeOf course truth is stranger than fiction.
Fiction has to make sense. - Mark Twain
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