My house is around 1700 square feet, of older construction and built on 2- 8" "cinder" blocks. At the moment, we have carpet in all of the living area rooms. I would like to have laminate flooring because of the cleaning issue that is made more difficult because of our indoor pets. My wife was told that hard flooring of any kind would not work on a pier and beam construction because of the problem of the house settling or shifting. Am I just out of luck with carpet being the only option or can a quality professional install laminate flooring successfully?

I'm looking to tear up a tile floor and replace it with a solid wood floor matching the rest of the floor. With this project I'll need to lay down about 300 sqft of 3/4" 2 1/4" sold red oak flooring. I've already gotten some advice on this at this forum (see link bottom of this post) But the reason for this post is I'd like advice on what king of nail gun to buy. I'm very comfortable using a variety of powered wood working tools, but I've never owned or really used a nail gun. Primarily, I'd be buying this tool for the job at hand, but it might be nice for other small word working projects or doing trim work. I'm not a pro, just a household DIYer. I currently don't own any pneumatic tools and so I don't own or really want to store a compressor. My interest is primarily woodworking and doing home projects and I don't work on cars or do mechanical work. That said, I'm considering pneumatic , but leaning against it. In fact, I'm not even seriously considering a cordless nailer because I don't expect to use it much beyond this job and even if I do, much of what I'd use it for would be inside my shop where outlets are always in reach. So, anyway, I'm planning to go with a corded nail gun. If anyone here can make a strong case for going pneumatic (and having to invest and store a compressor), please let me know. That said, let me confirm that for this flooring (3/4" 2 1/4" sold red oak), I should be using 2" Cleat nails. My subfloor is 3/4" 7 1/4" wide plank, running diagonally. Considering I might use it for wood working, I guess I'd want the gun to be able to shoot staples as well. I'm assuming I should buy a "flooring" nail gun that shoots at the 45 degree angle to secure the tongue or at least get a model that supports that angle. Anyway, advice is welcomed. Shoot me a brand or model if you can, but I'm mostly looking for general advice. Thanks! Related thread: [url]https://www.doityourself.com/forum/solid-hardwood-engineered-laminate-flooring/594057-hardwood-floor-tooth-rip-out.html[/url] /4" planks.