Quick help! Which way to lay rectangular tile near wood flooring?
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Which Direction to Lay Kitchen Hardwood Flooring
Comments (4)Just use common sense here. Look at the condition of the subfloor boards. What are they made of and are they still mostly stiff and flat? If they haven't sagged between the joists in 80 years or so, they're not going to do that now. Although the book says install finish flooring perpendicular to the joists, I would not worry much about that, especially where the subfloor material condition is as I described. Simply make sure that the subfloor is well-attached and sqeak-free....See MoreHELP! What direction to lay hardwood flooring?
Comments (5)jerry_t, thanks for letting me know. I have a concrete sub-floor so there will be no plywood to nail or glue the floor down to. I am thinking of making the floor long ways when one walks in the door so when the cabinets are put back on the floor and the little bit of walk way between the cabinets and my desk will have long boards and not many horizontal busy looking boards. This has been such a tough decision for me since I actually fell in love with the Bruce Park Avenue Pradoo Laminate, the BR-111 Brazilian Cherry Triangulo Engineered and the BR-111 Amendoim Triangulo Engineered and could not make up my mind. I hope I am not making a mistake since I know Brazilian Cherry darkens dramatically but I love the coloring of the red tones....See MoreTransition between rectangular tile and wood floor
Comments (2)I would also like to see a picture, but my general thought is that it should be laid how it looks best in the kitchen, particularly if the transition between the two areas is a typical size doorway....See MoreWhat direction to lay wood look plank tile
Comments (9)according to quite a bit of online research (now that wood tile has been around a bit longer than this inquiry was asked) the recommendation is that you run wood-look or rectangular tiles the opposite direction you would if it was a wood floor because generally tile is not run through an entire home like wood is. Wood is usually run from the front door completely through the home to the back door to draw you in. For rectangular tiles, running the long end perpendicular to the long run of a room becomes more pleasing to the eye according to Carla Aston Design and other articles I have found. Not only will it make the room or hallway look wider, but it will not look like a bowling alley either due to the width of the tiles versus the narrow width of your typical wood plank....See Morehancockheather
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