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Posted by RicodJour on July 24, 2008, 1:57 pm
wrote:
> h wrote:
>
> > wrote:
> > > Andy wrote:
> > >> Hi Gang
>
> > >> We purchased some bulk oak hardwood flooring that looks really
> > great. =A0>> 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. =A0>> 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. =A0>> Please help us newbies. :-=
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>
> > > 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.
I've worked on slab on grade, pier, and basement construction. You
seem to be throwing blanket advice over a specific, and unknown,
situation.
> 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.
As interesting as that is, do you have any reason to believe the OP
lives in your area?
R
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