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musa-
annular ring nails - these ones: https://www.screwfix.com/p/easyfix-annular-ring-nails-2-65-x-50mm-1kg-pack/18553
some folks prefer the ones where you don't see the heads so much once they're in, but looks fine to me - the old holes where the old nails leeched/stained around them are more visible anyway
edit: also yes, i broke the cardinal rule of decorating before finishing the floors, and yes i do have various spots of paint here there and everywhere - will call it 'character' or something...
hvsds
really not long at all, all things considered - with a staple gun and a stanley knife in hand, did about 50sqm in less than a day.
that was with all the boards lifted already, actually - which was probably another day or so to lift them all, remove the old nails, and then another day afterwards to re-nail them all down again.