I have seen two ways to glue down wood. One starts at the wall and works out. The other starts about 36" away from the wall and put down a board to start off of and work back towards the wall. Which way is best or easier to do.

Thanks.

I have always started out from the wall the 36" BECAUSE I lay kneeling on the flooring (it's easier for me ). Many prefer to lay IN FRONT of the flooring and if that is the way you are installing, then starting off the wall is just fine. You will need shims behind the first row to ensure you do not push it off the line. I install backer blocks (or boards) behind my first row out from the wall that 36". I think if you're using a urethane adhesive like Bostik's Best, it's probably a good idea to stay off the floor as much as possible and install IN FRONT of the floor. I learned way back when we used a different adhesive and we worked on top off the floors back then. You will need to work on top of the floor at some point, like when you get to a wall.

Thanks, I'll be using bruce equalizer adhesive so I guess I will start off the wall.

I have another question: I have also read some using a 150lb roller to smooth down the boards. Is this necessary. Does it make a difference?

I always start off a wall myself. I usually measure and start my first run and before i start anything else off that i will put my pergo clamps behind it to hold the first row inplace, i don't like using sprigs unless i have to. Then after that i will use a 10ft straight edge to go down the row to make sure its nice and square. Then i start laying it down and collecting a check! And i always use Bostiks Best, it is the best glue that i have ever used. As far as a roller goes i have never used one and have never had a problem with any floor because of it, but they do recomend using one. Of course you will have problems if you have any dips in the floor but using a roller isn't going to fix that, prep work will.

I always dry rack a few rows together, 5 rows of plank and 10 rows of strip, Push them into the corner, and leave my expansion gap. I make a mark on the substrate. Then I do the same on the opposite side of the room, and then pop my line. Sometimes I'll assemble a dry preassembled panel, tape it all together good and tight and then slide it out of the work area, especially if I have some undercut stuff to get under on the starting wall.

Spread my glue, staying back off my popped line about a ½", then I will carefully lift my starting panel and set it. Or if I didn't asemble a panel, I have an alluminum channel, I had fabbed at one time for a motorcycle trailer, I lay on my line and work off of, so the starting boards stay on my line.

If I'm nailing I'll dot the same thing, and then top nail along the wall, disassemble, and then blind nail the first boards and then take off installing across the room.

Thanks for your replies guys!
Is Bruce equalizer and Bostiks the same glue?

How do you guys go about keeping the boards tight.

Trying to ask all the questions I can now before I start to lay it down.

Thanks

PjWesp

Those adhesives have the same properties, as each other. I have "heard" Bostik's makes it for Bruce, But it looks like Parabond's adhesive, to me.