Making Hardwood Flooring Splines

Natural wood grain finish.

Making hardwood flooring splines.

The easiest way to make a hardwood spline is to simply rip a thin strip from a board. 36 â sold individually or by the pack. Spline dimensions are 42 in. While in the first room the grooves on each plank might point away from the door a transition allows that direction to change and the grooves to point the.

3 4 x 3 1 4 would be. Our hardwood floor spline sliptongue is made from domestic hardwoods. 3 1 4 3 4 4. Thickness x 1 2 in.

Packaged 10 per pack. A change in direction refers to the positioning of the tongue and groove joints between each adjacent plank. The best way to make a hardwood spline is shown in the drawings at right. Parallel wall lines to the flooring direction is where we need to be square.

Width x 42 in. 1 snap a straight line to mark the first course of. Width x 1 4 in. Length x 1 2 in.

Hardwood floor spline is used for a transition piece in tongue and groove flooring when changing the direction of the hardwood floor. Our sliptongue is produced using either red oak or poplar depending on availability. Measure from one corner of the starting wall out the same width of your flooring then add the recommended expansion gap equal to the thickness of the flooring make a check mark on the measurement. A successful hardwood floor transition requires one of two different joints in order to change the direction of the planks.

Hie spline would likely split along theâ grain and the joint would come apart. Butâ now imagine putting a lot of stress on a miterâ joint assembled with a thin long grainâ spline.