Good morning! First post. Getting ready to do my first hardwood project. I am adding 2 1/4 unfinished white oak to a hallway and kitchen. I am matching it to existing 2 1/4 white oak through out the rest of the house.
The rooms with the existing hardwoods are running length wise perpendicular to the joists. I am adding the hardwoods to the hallway. (same material) I would like to add a transition peice of two boards going across the threshold connecting the two spaces.
So basically to visualize better, the hallway and the living room and dining room will be all going in the same direction, since the dining room and living room are already installed, along those two thresholds, I plan to put two boards perpendicular to the rest.My question is. Will I run into problems not leaving that expansion gap on that side? The other end of the hallway will have the gap, but where it joins with the transition piece and into the existing room will not have a gap on that side. I also plan to cut the jamb so the transition perpendicular pieces will have the gapsWhat is the correct way to do this? I see it done often.
thanks
Greg
The rooms with the existing hardwoods are running length wise perpendicular to the joists. I am adding the hardwoods to the hallway. (same material) I would like to add a transition peice of two boards going across the threshold connecting the two spaces.
So basically to visualize better, the hallway and the living room and dining room will be all going in the same direction, since the dining room and living room are already installed, along those two thresholds, I plan to put two boards perpendicular to the rest.My question is. Will I run into problems not leaving that expansion gap on that side? The other end of the hallway will have the gap, but where it joins with the transition piece and into the existing room will not have a gap on that side. I also plan to cut the jamb so the transition perpendicular pieces will have the gapsWhat is the correct way to do this? I see it done often.
thanks
Greg