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Default Installing vinyl flooring in a long, narrow room

On Feb 23, 2:54 pm, "Big_Jake" wrote:
On Feb 23, 1:20 pm, "Larry Bud" wrote:

On Feb 23, 1:00 pm, "Joe" wrote:


On Feb 23, 7:44 am, "Larry Bud" wrote:
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IMO definitely a job for a pro. Besides looking better at the seam,
there will be far less waste. And you will be pleaantly surprised at
how fast these folks are. Good luck.


It's a money issue, however.


So you're suggesting that the pros would install this with a seam?


Yep.

2 cuts 12' x 11' and 12' x 8' Seamed across the short dimension.
This would save about 50 sf of flooring over having one pc that is 12'
x 24', and working with two smaller pcs is much easier than one huge
one. I'm a very avid DIY guy, and I wouldn't attempt to do this as
one pc, nor would I want to try seaming for the first time ever in my
own kitchen, where I have to look at the quality of my work every day.


But it might not save any flooring. I'm not sure of the exact
dimensions of each segment, so if the long narrow segment was longer
than a 12' wide roll, you'd still have a bunch of waste because you'd
have to cut the 12' width down to 8, and use the length rolled out to
whatever the long narrow roll's length was.