"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in message
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"Howie" wrote in message
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We are planning to install laminate flooring in our kitchen made by a
company called Kaindl. They say to install the flooring in the same
direction to the natural light. We are going to install the snap+silent
laminate in our kitchen.

A install guy at Home Depot says that the flooring should be installed
perpendicular to the natural light coming into the room, otherwise if
you
install it parallel to natural light you get a "bowling alley" effect...
The instructions state "Snap+ silent panels should always be installed
in
the direction of the main light source".


(http://www.kaindl.com/en/shift/snap_...us_silent.shtm
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Install it parallel, not perpendicular??... what do we do?

There are other considerations, IMO. As far as the natural lighting, I'd
agree with the manufacturer over the HD guy that may have just started
last
week. Part of the day natural lighting will be a factor. The rest of the
day, room lighting will be the only light. Consider the room layout in the
equation. Most cases, the boards running the long length look better than
running the short length.



There must be a good reason for the manufacturer stating to run the floor
parallel...