Flooring stapler recommendations
Does anyone have any recommendations on flooring staplers for engineered hardwood? I am considering the Senco SLS20HF, Porta-Nails 461, and Bostitch LHF97125. They are all approximately the same price so I would like to get the best tool. Spot Nailer. In today world of engineered flooring with thicknesses greater then the old 3/8, you need a longer fastener then the 1 long, those guns are capable of. Ѕ is pushing the capabilities of a 1 fastener driven at a 45є angle. You need at least 1ј for todays thicker boards. I'm installing an 3/8 thick Anderson engineered oak floor. The recommended minimum staple length is 1. It states so in their installation instructions and I even called them to verify. Of course I can use a longer staple, however, I am stapling into 5/8 thick Advantech OSB sheathing laid over Delta FL poly. I don't want to puncture the Delta FL. With a 1 staple I am fine provided I don't crank the psi and bury the staple into the tongue too deep. With a 1-1/4 or larger I risk puncture. I just want to know which one of those staplers is the best. I am leaning towards the Porta-Nails 461 as it will accept 1-1/4 long staples as well. I would like to redo the floor in my kitchen in the future. This would give me more flexibility as I could select either a 3/8 thick or 1/2 thick board and still be okay. I don't know much about Porta-Nails other than that they are in North Carolina. The few reviews I have read of the product are all 100% positive. fwiw, I went with the Bostitch LHF97125-2 Floor Runner which uses 1 staples. My local flooring shop carries the staples and rents out this unit. I bought my own as I plan to install several floors. It is supposedly a decent unit and very compact so it can fit in places like closets and entry ways where the larger guns cannot. I just got a chance to do a magizine article on the HighPro AS-4090, just this past week. One sweet gun. I'll be retiring my Senco. The HighPro, is capable of stapling flooring from 5/16 up to 5/8. It will shoot 1, 1ј 1Ѕ -- ј crown, 18gauge staples.
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