Flooring Suggestions....
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After you have 3 rows laid together the floor go back and drop in your spacers for expansion. The floor as you know floats so it straightens itself out, make sense?......The all-in-one pad has a row of tape built in that you pull tab/paper off and exposes sticky stripe which you adhere to previous laid piece of pad.
Thanks for the info on the padding. That is probably what I will use.
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Your wall will probably go in an out slightly along the length so just add some shims, say 3/8" on the, how do I say this,,,put the shim on the deepest part of the run. Ray I`ll shoot ya pm with my #. Anyway just doing 2 bedrooms is not that big of a concern movement wise out here in Cali but back east you have different humidity than we do. Heck I dont even sweat, I glisten! Portuguese thing ya know!!
Give me a buzz an I`ll walk you though it
Give me a buzz an I`ll walk you though it
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I got about half of one room done today. Learning curve wasn't bad but some of the cuts gave me fits. Went slow and so far didn't waste any.
I did notice about two rows of boards back that I have a slight bubble in the laminate at one of the end joints. I may have done it tapping it in even though I was using a piece of wood. Nobody would ever notice it but me but tomorrow morning I am pulling laminate back out to replace the piece. I'll just reuse the dinged piece at the end of a row so I can cut out the damage.
Hank - thanks for return call and thanks also for the tip on cutting the door trim. The Japanese saw I went out and bought worked great.
Photos coming soon.
I did notice about two rows of boards back that I have a slight bubble in the laminate at one of the end joints. I may have done it tapping it in even though I was using a piece of wood. Nobody would ever notice it but me but tomorrow morning I am pulling laminate back out to replace the piece. I'll just reuse the dinged piece at the end of a row so I can cut out the damage.
Hank - thanks for return call and thanks also for the tip on cutting the door trim. The Japanese saw I went out and bought worked great.
Photos coming soon.
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Thank you both for the compliments. By the last run of boards I felt like an expert - measure, cut, snap into place. I had a surprisingly small amount of wasted material. Even the pieces I had to notch for the closet door walls weren't that bad. I only miscut one piece but I was able to reuse it in another spot.
Only "mistake" I made was basing my layout on 8" boards. They are 7 5/8" or thereabouts. I ended up with about a 3 1/2" board at the far wall. Turned out okay I guess. The only two people who matter are happy with it.
Next comes the master bedroom - 260 sf versus the 140 sf this room was. But, with longer runs I think it will probably take me the same amount of time. I'm taking next weekend off for a four-day golf trip so they can wait on the bedroom.
Only "mistake" I made was basing my layout on 8" boards. They are 7 5/8" or thereabouts. I ended up with about a 3 1/2" board at the far wall. Turned out okay I guess. The only two people who matter are happy with it.
Next comes the master bedroom - 260 sf versus the 140 sf this room was. But, with longer runs I think it will probably take me the same amount of time. I'm taking next weekend off for a four-day golf trip so they can wait on the bedroom.
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Okay, last photo for a while - I promise. This room is "done" with the exception of some touch-up paint and replace the t-molding that I put in since I don't like the way it turned out. I installed base-cap at the foot of the baseboard instead of quarter round . I also changed all the outlet covers, painted the window sills and generally tried to make it just right. Oh yeah, then I had to put all the furniture back in there with no help except the grubby 7 year-old shown in the picture. One day into summer vacation and he's bored....
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It looks like an excellent job. If you lived closer to me I could get you some work on the side.
There is an option for anybody wanting a floating tile floor. Home Depot has something called "Allure strip flooring". It comes in wood grains and ceramic or stone look. I have used it over wood. Not sure how it looks over concrete.
There is an option for anybody wanting a floating tile floor. Home Depot has something called "Allure strip flooring". It comes in wood grains and ceramic or stone look. I have used it over wood. Not sure how it looks over concrete.
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