"mwlogs" wrote in message
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. . . they are here installing the floor now, but
there is a question on which way the floor should be laid in relation to
the
floor joist. The joist run perpendicular on the new addition to those in
the old area, and we'd really like to keep the floor running the same
direction throughout. the new area is a family room that opens off the
new
kitchen that is in the old area. There really isn't a good place to
'transition' from one direction to the other.

You are not limited to two directions, at right angles
to each other. We had an L-shaped room floored in
hardwood about four years ago and chose to place the
flooring on the diagonal (within a 3-board border along
each wall with one contrasting strip, dark instead of light.)
This was the right decision in our case. It cost extra (all
those 45-degree cuts) but everyone likes it.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)