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"It hardwood was just a strange thing that flooring happened," Ocean View Police Chief Kenneth air and nailer McLaughlin told hardwood the News-Journal, "a very, very unfortunate accident." The young carpenter died at the Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, Md., flooring and air and nailer after being evacuated by helicopter.A nail-gun accident in Mississippi had a happier outcome, reports hardwood the Biloxi Sun-Herald. Stone County, flooring Miss., contractor Duncan Hatten was crouching down to nail a 2x4 air block onto a column when he lost his balance and fell against the nail gun, which fired nailer two quick nails into his heart. "I just figured I was gonna die," Hatten hardwood told local TV station WLOX. "I told my coworker to tell my family flooring that I loved them." But the two framing spikes had narrowly missed major blood vessels, and surgeons were able to remove the nails air from Hatten''s heart in a two-hour operation. I see it all the time: do-it-yourselfers suffering through projects nailer and hardwood using medieval tools, or hiring contractors to do jobs they could handle themselves if they only had the right tools.Truth flooring is, you can get just about any tool you''ll ever need at a rental center. Here are a few time-and-sweat-saving tools that do-it-yourselfers often overlook ....JackhammerCOST: $75 to $120 air per day BENEFITS: Ten times faster than nailer a sledgehammer with fewer blisters and muscle aches.If you have a big stretch hardwood of concrete (like a large driveway) flooring to break up, rent air a 60- or 90-lb. nailer and hardwood and flooring jackhammer powered by a trailer-mounted air compressor ($120 per day). But for a smaller air job--like steps or a nailer and hardwood sidewalk--a 60-lb. electric jackhammer flooring is less hassle ($75 per day). Brad nailers shoot skinny nails called brads. Ranging from air and nailer 3/8 in. to 2 in. long, brads are perfect for most door and window trim, baseboards and other moldings. Aside from speed, you get better-looking results with a brad nailer: no hammer dents in the wood, less splitting, smaller nail holes to fill, and moldings don''t get knocked out of position as you drive nails. For heavier trim (3/4-in. thick moldings, for example), rent a finish nailer, which shoots thicker nails up to 2-1/2 in. long.TIP
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