Making Hardwood Flooring Splines

A change in direction refers to the positioning of the tongue and groove joints between each adjacent plank.

Making hardwood flooring splines.

1 snap a straight line to mark the first course of. 3 1 4 3 4 4. 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. Butâ now imagine putting a lot of stress on a miterâ joint assembled with a thin long grainâ spline.

The easiest way to make a hardwood spline is to simply rip a thin strip from a board. Packaged 10 per pack. Width x 1 4 in. 36 â sold individually or by the pack.

Thickness x 1 2 in. Hardwood flooring splines are used to change direction for wood flooring that is nailed down. Natural wood grain finish. Hardwood floor spline is used for a transition piece in tongue and groove flooring when changing the direction of the hardwood floor.

Hie spline would likely split along theâ grain and the joint would come apart. The best way to make a hardwood spline is shown in the drawings at right. Spline dimensions are 42 in. Length x 1 2 in.

A successful hardwood floor transition requires one of two different joints in order to change the direction of the planks. Our hardwood floor spline sliptongue is made from domestic hardwoods. Our sliptongue is produced using either red oak or poplar depending on availability. Width x 42 in.

3 4 x 3 1 4 would be. 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.