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Adding wood to your home makes it look more expensive and classic.The best way to properly lay your wood flooring is to have the seams staggered.Instead of focusing on a straight line of wood seams, you can see the floor as a whole.It keeps the floor strong.Striking the seams adds stability to the floor.

Pick out the wood plank you want to lay out.You can get wood flooring with several lengths in the same package.You can grab different lengths if you separate them by length.

Put the first row of wood plank in between the wall and the row.If glue isn't an option, nail the planks into the subfloor.If you want to go from right to left on the stacks of wood you made, choose your wood plank in a pattern.Use a table saw to cut the last piece of wood in the row.The wood plank remnant should be saved.

Start the second row with a different stack of wood than the first.The first piece of wood in the row has a different length than the first.Start with the second stack instead of the first if you want to follow the same pattern.The final piece should be trimmed to fit.

Pick the first piece of wood for each row.Start some rows with the smaller remnant pieces you trimmed off the end plank.

The first row of wood plank is 1/2 inch from the wall.Either nail it or glue it down.To fit the end of the row, trim the last piece.

At the end of the first row, start your second row.Because the last piece of the first row was cut short, starting with a long piece for your new row creates staggered seams.The last piece of the row needs to be trimmed.

The second row ended at the beginning of the third row.If the remnant is shorter than the final piece of the second row, it doesn't matter.If necessary, trim it by a few inches more.

The three row patterns should be alternated across the floor.Cut a few inches off the first board.