I am about to undertake the project to start laying hardwood floors in the first floor of our home. I am planning to undertake the Living Room, Dining Room and Office first. i will tackle the hallway, Kitchen and Dinette at a later date.
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Technically the longest run is 23', which is the length from the front of the living room wall to the back of the dining room wall. This is for a width of 5' which is the measurement between the walls separating these 2 rooms. I have read that 20' is about as much as you ideally want in a single run, and because IL can get fairly humid I have decided that starting in the center of these 3 rooms with a center baseline measurement and using a spline is probably my best course of action.
My first question is whether the experts would agree with this approach?
Secondly, because there may be a few months gap between these separate 2 projects I am thinking to 'cap' the doorways between the living room and the hallway with a plank laid in the threshold at 90 degrees to the flooring direction. I actually like this look, as well as creating a natural break. I know this isn't to everyone's taste, but is there a technical reason I should not do this? A big concern of mine is getting exact alignment of the planks at the dining room and kitchen if I do not use the 90 degree board in the threshold, as the island created by the closet, WC and laundry room is quite big.
Thirdly, the hallway is not very long and neither is the kitchen, so it is OK to lay these starting from the front of the house and going to the back of the house, or should I replicate the same split spline method used int he first 3 rooms?
Thanks for any help or input..!!
edited by davenay67 on 5/13/2014
edited by davenay67 on 5/13/2014
Technically the longest run is 23', which is the length from the front of the living room wall to the back of the dining room wall. This is for a width of 5' which is the measurement between the walls separating these 2 rooms. I have read that 20' is about as much as you ideally want in a single run, and because IL can get fairly humid I have decided that starting in the center of these 3 rooms with a center baseline measurement and using a spline is probably my best course of action.
My first question is whether the experts would agree with this approach?
Secondly, because there may be a few months gap between these separate 2 projects I am thinking to 'cap' the doorways between the living room and the hallway with a plank laid in the threshold at 90 degrees to the flooring direction. I actually like this look, as well as creating a natural break. I know this isn't to everyone's taste, but is there a technical reason I should not do this? A big concern of mine is getting exact alignment of the planks at the dining room and kitchen if I do not use the 90 degree board in the threshold, as the island created by the closet, WC and laundry room is quite big.
Thirdly, the hallway is not very long and neither is the kitchen, so it is OK to lay these starting from the front of the house and going to the back of the house, or should I replicate the same split spline method used int he first 3 rooms?
Thanks for any help or input..!!
edited by davenay67 on 5/13/2014
edited by davenay67 on 5/13/2014