Bruce Lock Flooring

Needing no glue, nails, staples, or tapping block, Bruce Lock&Fold® Flooring is an easy-to-install product made out of 100-percent engineered hardwood. Bruce Lock&Fold® Flooring has a 25-year warranty and is used for prefinished domestic species, including hickory, oak, and maple. All planks are coated with Dura-Luster® Plus Urethane Finish with aluminum oxide, which repels spills, spots, and stains.

Bruce Lock&Fold® Flooring literally involves locking and folding two boards together. No glue or tapping is needed to attach Bruce lock and fold hardwood flooring. Instead, their patent-pending NextGen™ Engineered Technology offers twice the strength of traditional locking floors and creates a sturdy do-it-yourself product for homeowners to efficiently add durable hardwood.

99 percent of floating floors are made out of engineered hardwood, and Bruce Lock&Fold® Flooring is no exception. Engineered hardwood, in general, consists of three to nine pieces of natural wood bonded together, and the grain of each layer faces a different direction. This feature allows engineered hardwood to expand and contract less than solid flooring. Lock and fold technology creates a hardwood floor that functions as a unit, and if wood expands or contracts too much, the planks buckle or bend.

Because engineered hardwood can handle humidity and heat, Bruce Lock&Fold® Flooring can be placed anywhere in your home: above, on, or below grade. Lock and fold products, in general, can be placed on any type of surface. Not secured to a subfloor, Bruce Lock&Fold® Flooring sits on underlayment, which can be installed over ceramic tiles, particleboard, gypcrete, and any other material, like asbestos, that cannot or should not be moved.

Installation

Adding the underlayment is the first step of installing Bruce Lock&Fold® Flooring. Roll out each piece in the direction of your flooring and make sure the edges touch but do not overlap; cut off any excess material.

Then, the first row of flooring needs to be added. Line up all boards against the longest parallel wall in the room and allow for expansion space. Overlap each joint with the next board, so that all pieces touch. Bruce Lock&Fold® Flooring literally involves a lock and fold motion, and to add the next row of planks, place another board next to the first one added. Have it go in at an angle, so that the tongue and groove are lined up and locked together, and then fold the plank down.

The very last row will likely not fit. To get the right shape, place one plank on top of the first one you installed, and add another one on top that touches the wall behind. The point where the two overlap is where you will cut. Then, Bruce recommends shaving off the edge of the groove, adding glue to the board, and tightening its fit. Once all planks are added to your space, add any molding on top, but nail it to the wall behind and not to the floor.