Here's
a
great
hardwood
flooring
tool
used
mostly
for
mechanically
fastened
hardwood
floors
when
you
get
up
to
that
last
wall
line
and
run
into
some
boards
that
aren't
very
straight.
Often
installers
will
use
a
long
handled
screwdriver
with
hammer
and
drive
the
screwdriver
into
the
floor,
pry
back
the
crooked
boards
then
nail
into
the
groove.
With
the
floor
jack
there
will
be
no
grumbling
when
those
screwdrivers
slide
out
of
from
position,
or
when
you
miss
pounding
the
end
and
hit
the
back
of
your
hand.
No
dinged
board
edges
either
when
prying
back
the
screwdriver
as
the
floor
jack
mechanism
grabs
the
tongue
side
of
the
board,
far
below
the
face
surface.
The
power
jack
extends
far
enough
away
from
the
final
wall
when
you
can't
use
the
power
of a
mallet
trying
to
squeeze
those
last
boards
together.
Once
it's
ratcheted
simply
blind
nail
into
the
groove,
or
if
you're
too
close,
top
nail
to
fasten
the
boards.
The
Power
Jack
can
also
be
used
for
stubborn
boards
in
other
areas
of
the
installation
by
screwing
a
block
into
the
subfloor
in
front
of
the
work.
The
block
will
offer
the
same
structural
strength
as a
wall
shown
in
the
above
photo
example.
Manufactured
by
Powernail,
the
product
is
hard
to
come
by
locally
but
can
be
found
online. |
