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Engineered white oak hardwood flooring being laid.
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Laying boards on second floor hallway.
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Boards are laid parallel to a chalk plumb line.
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Installers use a wooden block and hammer
to push the wood into the interlocking joints.
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Engineered flooring is glued to the sub-floor.
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German engineered white oak flooring is packaged in small bundles.