Methods of using a fastener guide to install a fastener

A method of using a fastener guide to install a fastener, the method comprising:

• providing a fastener in an upright, vertical orientation adjacent a board;
• moving a guide from a distal location toward the fastener, the guide defining a downward opening funnel having an upper end and a lower end, the downward opening funnel widening toward the lower end, the guide including an elongated barrel above the downward opening funnel, the elongated barrel reciprocally biased in a guide sleeve by a biasing element, the elongated barrel configured to extend from the guide sleeve in an extended mode and retract relative to the guide sleeve in a retracted mode;
• positioning the downward opening funnel over a head of the fastener, so that the head of the fastener enters the elongated barrel a distance, and the head of the fastener is disposed in the elongated barrel, while the elongated barrel is in the extended mode;
• rotating and engaging the head of the fastener with a drive feature so as to rotate the fastener;
• and
• advancing the fastener using the drive feature so that the fastener leaves the elongated barrel and travels through the downward opening funnel, with the elongated barrel transitioning to the retracted mode from the extended mode during said advancing,
• wherein the fastener is held in the upright, vertical orientation via a clip joined with a joist underlying the board, wherein the fastener is immediately adjacent a side surface of the board, wherein during the advancing the fastener step, the head of the fastener moves downward adjacent the side surface of the board a predetermined distance until the head engages the clip.