RE: experience laying floating strip flooring (the snap-together kind)ymasenMay 13 2008, 13:05:39 UTC
I somewhat *assisted* daddy in doing that to the floor in their house about 10 years ago... from what I recollect it was kinda easy and reminded me of playing with legos or something.
I put down Pergo in my bedroom. The only really hard part was being on my knees so much. I recommend knee pads. (I borrowed Axel's.)
Actually, Axel & I worked as a team. I put it together, and he'd use the saw to cut the end pieces for me. We pretty much did it in a day. Then we neglected finishing the doorways, so we finally paid someone to do that for us. But I'm really happy with it, and it's been in place for 5 years or so now.
The team approach worked well for us too - we had one "saw man", one runner and two of us setting up the planks. The runner helped us fit each course, and we did one room, including the closet, in an afternoon.
the hard part is doorways. When they say 'start from one side of the house and move across' they mean it. Do all the rooms on one side, then move across the house. We found out the hard way that you shouldn't do the central hall and then move out into the rooms, because the last 'wrong' wall was horrendous to get the flooring flush!
I'd also suggest contacting the manufacturer to find out what the expansion factor is - my floor gets gaps in winter (although fortunately it doesn't buckle in summer) because I judged it wrong. :)
Nope, we did the glue down flooring with the bamboo in the condo.
BTW - in talking to your hubby at the wedding, he asked me to share with you the Janka hardness scale that rates the hardness of the various woods on the market. http://www.countyfloors.com/about_janka.html
we noticed that the carbonized bamboo, while it looks great, gets dinged pretty easily. And after looking at this scale, I can understand why.. For the house, when we go to put down the flooring, we will be nailing it down (woo hoo, wooden base rather than concrete) and getting one of those brazilian/exotic hardwoods instead.. :)
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Actually, Axel & I worked as a team. I put it together, and he'd use the saw to cut the end pieces for me. We pretty much did it in a day. Then we neglected finishing the doorways, so we finally paid someone to do that for us. But I'm really happy with it, and it's been in place for 5 years or so now.
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The team approach worked well for us too - we had one "saw man", one runner and two of us setting up the planks. The runner helped us fit each course, and we did one room, including the closet, in an afternoon.
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I'd also suggest contacting the manufacturer to find out what the expansion factor is - my floor gets gaps in winter (although fortunately it doesn't buckle in summer) because I judged it wrong. :)
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And yes, moving from one side to another is crucial - that became obvious as we worked in the closet.
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BTW - in talking to your hubby at the wedding, he asked me to share with you the Janka hardness scale that rates the hardness of the various woods on the market. http://www.countyfloors.com/about_janka.html
we noticed that the carbonized bamboo, while it looks great, gets dinged pretty easily. And after looking at this scale, I can understand why.. For the house, when we go to put down the flooring, we will be nailing it down (woo hoo, wooden base rather than concrete) and getting one of those brazilian/exotic hardwoods instead.. :)
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[sheepish grin]
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