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Slip tongue is important for any hardwood flooring project as well as hardwood refinishing project. Slip Tongue is a spline or small strip of wood or metal used in the hardwood flooring project for making a corner of a step, milled to meet the hardwood floor in the horizontal plane, and also to meet the riser. Slip tongue is often used when it is necessary to reverse the direction of the flooring to extend it into a closet or hallway. To achieve this, grooves are joined at the edges to, using a slip tongue available from various flooring distributors. In this method the slip tongue needs to be glued in place and blind nail that edge. The installer can also proceed in the opposite direction nailing in the conventional manner. Slip tongue has t be used when the flooring direction changes, to engage the flooring end matching into groove side of flooring to prevent movement and give a solid transition. There are various manufacturers producing slip tongues and it is advised that before you start with your flooring get a quote for it from various distributors. This way you can get the best deal in the market. |
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