Anticipating installing wood flooring in several rooms of current home (removing carpeting) and am looking to invest in a good nailer. Any users out there that can provide feedback on the real truth about what's good and what's not over and above manufacturers claims? Thanks all. zzzdogman sends

I'm planning to install a floating hardwood floor (engineered) over about 350 sq ft. It's on a second floor and will span over two bedrooms with a small 4x4 hall at the top of some wood stairs. Think figure "8" with the stair landing in the middle. I have a few questions. The product I plan to use is: Schön Engineered Quick Clic- 3/8" x 4-1/4" Honey Hickory Floating Engineered Flooring (sold by lumber liquidators) Obviously, the floor is designed to have gaps all around the perimeter to allow it to expand or shrink as necessary. However, the only Schon stair nose I found seems to require that not only the stair nose be glued down, but that the floor itself be attached (via quick clic) to the stair nose. This seems very counter intuitive to me. I'm going to end up with a short 3 foot section where the floor is anchored and so it will have to expand away in every direction from that point? Unless I'm mistaken, I've seen other stair nose designs that create a small lump at the top of the stairs, but will then allow the floating floor to move under the lump of the stair nose. This seems a smarter design, but I've never done a floating floor so I don't know if I'm being over concerned about this issue. Basically, I'm looking for general advice or alternative ways of proceeding. Also, if I am forced to attach the floating floor to the stair nose, does this mean I should start the entire job from that point as well? Is Schon a good brand? I've got diagonal running planks for a subfloor (built 1950s). Any reason this kind of subfloor would be bad with a floating floor? (I'll use recommended soft underlayment of course) Any help or advice is very much appreciated!