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Posted by SteveB on July 24, 2008, 11:55 am
h wrote:
>
> wrote:
> > Andy wrote:
> >> Hi Gang
> >
> >> We purchased some bulk oak hardwood flooring that looks really
> great. >> We took our time, researched, planned and put some of the
> hardwood >> down in our bedroom. It looks great and now we've
> finished 1 room. >> Now we'd like to continue and do 2 other
> bedrooms, hall, kitchen and >> our family room (all on the same
> floor). So I'm looking for some >> advice on how to lay the hardwood
> so it is continuous throughout our >> main floor. What is the best
> way to do this so that it looks great. >> Please help us newbies. :-)
> >
> > How you lay the wood is not nearly as important as how well you lay
> > the wood.
> >
> > In general, I recommend running the boards perpendicular to the
> > direction you'll usually look into the room. It just seems to look
> > better that way for some reason. Another common method is to run
> > them parallel to the longest wall.
> >
> > I lay the boards so they run lengthwise in the hall, because it's
> > more work to cut boards to run across the width of the hall. You
> > then have the choice of laying the rooms the same way as the hall,
> > or perpendicular. Well, you can do them at an angle if you want, but
> > that's a lot of work.
> >
> > If you're going to change orientation between rooms, do it at the
> > threshold so the door hides the joint when closed.
>
> > > You ignore joist orientation?
>
> What difference does that make with two layers of subfloor?
Tell it brother!
Actually, I've never worked on a house that has anything but concrete
slab construction. Pier and beam is extremely rare here, pretty much
restricted to houses from the 30s or earlier. No one has a basement.
Bedrock here is hundreds of feet down, and the soil is extremely
expansive clay. We have to water our houses to keep the foundation
evenly moist. A house next door to me once was foreclosed, and the lawn
went unwatered for an entire summer. Two-inch gaps opened up all around
the foundation.
I have lots of business fixing cracks in wallboard after people have
their foundations fixed. Companies put in extremely deep piers all
around the house, then jack up the slab to make the house level again.
Basement walls would just fall in.
--
Steve Bell
New Life Home Improvement
Arlington, TX
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