WHICH WAY TO LAY WOOD FLOOR?
colorblind1961
4 years ago
My husband and I plan on installing our wood floor by ourselves. We have a very large Master Bedroom which is Flag Shaped. How do we lay the wood? I'm thinking the top picture?
Please excuse my sad rendition of my Not To Scale Master Bedroom.
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PROFilipe Custom Woodwork
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Comments (5)Always perpendicular to the floor joists if nailing with cleats, or staples, or when gluing. This is not negotiable; the joist in a sub floor expand and contract seasonally, as will your wood, and you don't want those forces working against you. Having said that, when i am going over concrete with glue, or floating a floor i usually look at the house and determine where the floor joicts would be if it had them, and install perpendiculer to that. The only exception to that would be floating ferry large melamine floors, ie, more than 1400 ft. In such cases i will usually install so that the length of the board points toward the longest part of the floor. Blessings......See MoreWhich way to lay tile?!
Comments (6)Is that your shower pan in the left corner? Is the tile in the base of it just to to see what it looks like? Reason I ask is it doesn’t look waterproofed to me....See MoreWhich is the best way to lay out the kitchen?
Comments (9)The kitchen is an add on (added many years before I purchased the home). I assume the measurements are accurate. I sketched it the carpenter I talked to added the measurements and asked me to look for inspiration as I was not totally sure how to create something g beautiful out of something so awkward without remodeling over half the home. The kitchen sits on a frost wall so it is a bump out from the remainder of the house. It's seems weird because it is weird. Visually it makes no sense at all. That is the reason for most of the budget money going to structural cost else where ( releveling the home, replacing joist that were cut, shotty electrical and so forth). So im trying to work with what I somewhat have. Half of the kitchen is not accessible from the underside of the house so moving plumbing would mean excavating costs and so forth. Another reason I don't want to fool with the 15ft wall. I can't even access it from the basement either. It is a solid brick wall and dry walled over. I wish I could tour you all. It's a noodle scratcher. So from the edge of the counter on the pantry wall and backward to the wall wanting to be removed is accessible from the basement. Electrician state he could cut into the underside of cabi and feed a line that way....See Morewhich way to lay floor?
Comments (14)Hi Linda, fair enough ripping tile is not as fun. I do think the effect will flow more nicely lengthwise, including matching the orientation of the tiles along the tub and makethe room seem . I did the same thing recently in my old bathroom that was a similar shape and size. I wish I could have had your drop in tub and separate shower - however you do it, it will be lovely!...See More
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PROBeverlyFLADeziner
4 years ago2nd because you do not want the irregularity of your slab to telegraph through your floor and highlighted by your windows.
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