I am due to put down some flooring next week and am unsure which
direction boards should go. I am hoping to run them straight down
hallway lengthways and into living room without a door strip, but if I
do this the boards will run crossways to the window of living room.
Will it look alright or should I put in a door strip beteen living room
and hallway?

gjam wrote:
I am due to put down some flooring next week and am unsure which
direction boards should go. I am hoping to run them straight down
hallway lengthways and into living room without a door strip, but if I
do this the boards will run crossways to the window of living room.
Will it look alright or should I put in a door strip beteen living room
and hallway?

I recommend laying them at right-angles to the joists.

This stops them falling through.

I didn't think to say that it is a purpose built flat with concrete
floors. But thanks for the advice.

gjam wrote:
I didn't think to say that it is a purpose built flat with concrete
floors. But thanks for the advice.

So where does the floorboards come into it? or did you mean laminate
flooring. ;-)

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

Matt Beard wrote:
gjam wrote:
I am due to put down some flooring next week and am unsure which
direction boards should go. I am hoping to run them straight down
hallway lengthways and into living room without a door strip, but if I
do this the boards will run crossways to the window of living room.
Will it look alright or should I put in a door strip beteen living room
and hallway?

I recommend laying them at right-angles to the joists.

This stops them falling through.


Isn't that what the tongues and grooves are for ;-)

R.

On 13 May 2006 08:02:22 -0700, "Matt Beard" wrote:


gjam wrote:
I am due to put down some flooring next week and am unsure which
direction boards should go. I am hoping to run them straight down
hallway lengthways and into living room without a door strip, but if I
do this the boards will run crossways to the window of living room.
Will it look alright or should I put in a door strip beteen living room
and hallway?

I recommend laying them at right-angles to the joists.

This stops them falling through.

Tricky doing it the other way isn't it .........lol...If the Op manages it maybe
he'll let us know how he did it ..

Stuart

gjam wrote:
I am due to put down some flooring next week and am unsure which
direction boards should go. I am hoping to run them straight down
hallway lengthways and into living room without a door strip, but if I
do this the boards will run crossways to the window of living room.
Will it look alright or should I put in a door strip beteen living room
and hallway?

Put in a door strip, you should have an expansion gap between rooms.

As to which way, it's been said before notsologogo but
if laying on existing boards, crosswise to the existing boards for
stability.
otherwise, its a combination of aesthetics and convenience:
in a rectangular room along the longest dimension tends to long best,
the perspective effect of parallel lines receding away from the
principle entrance or toward the principle view out of a window pleases
the eye,
starting with a strip against the longest straight run of wall may make
setting out easier,
click fit type boards can be put down and taken up first in first out,
but putting them back after lifting only half the floor for maintenance
isn't so easy (the click fit doesn't click so well when done grove into
tongue). So if latter access is required lay so the part needing access
is the last to go down (i.e. LIFO).
In very small rooms, break any of the above to save awkward cutting and
manipulation.








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David Clark
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