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Posted by dpb on December 26, 2006, 11:23 am
dpb wrote:
> brent wrote:
> > I am installing 3 1/4 hardwood strip flooring in my living room/dining
> > room.The room is a rectangle with the long dimension running from the
> > front of the room to the back of the room.My instincts tell me to lay
> > the flooring paralell to the long dimension but the floor joists also
> > run this way. There is 5/8 plywood ontop of the floor joists.Is this
> > enough support to run the hardwood paralell to the floor
> > joists?Also--what esthetic affect does it create to run the flooring
> > paralell to the short dimension? I am having a hard time visualizing
> > what it will look like if I install the floor this way.
> > Thankyou
>
> Everything you need to know from the source...
>
>
https://www.nofma.org/Portals/0/Publications/NOFMA%20Installing%20Hardwood%20Floors.pdf
I intended to add--
5/8" alone as the subfloor is almost surely not enough stiffness to be
satisfactory, however. Generally, one would have at least two 3/4" or
the 1+" T&G underlayment.
As for the aesthetics, you can judge that by laying some out loose to
see what you think. It certainly is in general true that stip flooring
is laid "long ways" in a room. As much as anything, it eases/speeds
the installation by minimizing cuts/fitting at ends. The more
rectangular the area, the more it makes a difference in that regard,
obviously.
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