Kitchen, dining room flooring [View all]
Looks like our dishwasher sprung a leak and caused the hardwood flooring in the kitchen to swell and lift up. Its flooring I made from red oak about 10 years ago by using biscuit joinery on 8 inch centers. The planks are 3" wide. We're going to replace it with red oak hard wood flooring, factory made. What I'm not sure about is whether to staple it down or glue, either is recommended by the manufacturer, (Bruce.) I'm going to use what is called engineered flooring as it is 5 ply so it is real stable in not swelling up if it was to get wet again, chances are I wouldn't have to replace it if that was to happen.
Staples will allow me to put a vapor barrier down where gluing won't so I'm leaning towards staples plus my brother has the staple gun that is made specifically for this type flooring that I can use.
Pro's and Con's on staples and or glue if you have a preference and why that is.
TIA
I love working on our house so its something I'm looking forward to doing and have been planning to do for some time now. The leak ensures the time is now 
My plan is to get everything foreseeable done before my wife enters into retirement along with me so we can cut down on outlays of cash in our retirement years. The dishwasher is going to be replaced at this time also irregardless of where the leak is for that very reason I stated.
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