Floor Nailer

[figucp0]

Does anyone near Winston have access to a floor nailer that I could borrow, rent, or trade favors for? I have about 600 sq feet of flooring to put down and am weighing my options whether to rent a pneumatic, buy a manual, or borrow a fellow NCWW's or other friends. Any info would be appreciated.:icon_scra

 

[NCPete]

If you have been looking for a good arm workout, buy the manual nailer, then sell it for nearly what you bought it for.

having installed thousands of feet of flooring, I am a big fan of air-driven nailers. Some one must have one near you, mine went with the last crew I worked on 10 years ago??? Which is just as well, it would have collected a whole lot of dust in my shop since then

 

[tjgreen]

Check w/ HD, the ones around here (triangle) rent pneumatic flooring nailers. For 600 sqft, probably not worth buying one.

Note: depending on the type/thickness of flooring, you may be better off with a stapler than a nailer.

 

[James Davis]

Check this out. http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=99640 If I had seen this when I was putting down my floors I would have bought instead of renting. The rental would have bought 4 of these.

James

 

[nelsone]

Most rental places should have one.

 

[scott]

Hauser rental over off Stratford Road near the mall has the nailers. For 600 ft I'd just rent the manual. If everything is ready and you've got some help, you can lay that amount in about a day. Although, if you don't have any help you may want to consider renting the pnuematic particularly if you already have a compressor big enough to drive it.
My $0.02
scott