A fastener installation tool for installing hidden fasteners to a distal workpiece includes a housing containing an advancement mechanism for moving a plurality of hidden fasteners and a driving member that is engageable with a foremost fastener of the plurality of hidden fasteners to fasten the foremost hidden fastener to a structural member. The advancement mechanism may include at least a wheel, a carriage, and a linkage member. The linkage member may be connected to the driving member and the carriage such that when the driving member moves towards the foremost hidden fastener, the carriage rotates in a first direction, and when the driving member moves away from the foremost hidden fastener, the carriage rotates in a second direction, opposite the first direction, and further causes the wheel to rotate and move a subsequent hidden fastener into position for fastening.