I put in a no glue, tongue and groove, laminate wood floor in our bedroom. It is much easier and cheaper to keep clean than carpet, especially with pets and kids. It wasn't quite "snap together". It was more like "hammer together using a grooved block". I put mine over a concrete slab, so I used a foam underlayment with a moisture barrier. I got that from a local flooring store, although they had to order it. Make sure you don't end up with the joints too close together. So in your example, don't do: 55 - 35 55 - 35 55 - 35 Instead do: 55 - 35 20 - 55 - 15 40 - 50 That way when you cut the piece for the end of one row, you use the other half to start the next row. Definitely use small spacers along the edge of the wall so it is not too tight and buckles up when temperature changes cause expansion. You can buy transition pieces (wood or metal) that are made to go from one surface to the other, either flat or kind of L shaped that changes levels. Sorry I can't remember the name of that one right now. Hope that is helpful and some of the more experienced people may have more to say. Shawn
--==--==-- Shawn McMurdo See my Low Vision Guide at http://lowvisionguide.org ----- Original Message ---- From: Scott Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, April 1, 2008 2:32:13 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] snap together flooring Folks, I've read several bits of info etc. on this list regarding the flooring that you need no glue, screws, and the like, or at least I've read about folks doing flooring projects. So, I guess my question is simply this. My understanding with regard to the click together or snap together flooring is that you do the following. Now, for the sake of argument, you have a ten by ten room. You get your pieces which are lets say 55 inches a piece. I assume it doesn't matter which way you lay the wood, but something tells me you'd want to lay the pieces parallel to the doorway. Then you take your first 55 inch piece, lay that within a quarter inch of the wall, then you take a shorter piece and butt that against the piece you just laid down. So, basically you have for the sake of argument, a 55 inch piece with lets say a 35 inch piece butted against it. You keep working your way across the room and butt these pieces such that you have a 55 inch piece with a 35 inch piece next to it. This is so for every long piece you lay, you put the short one next to it so thelong and short pieces are alternating across the room. Apparently there are some spacers you place along the edge of the room I assume that holds stuff in place? In any even, does this sound right and then how do you deal with a doorway. how do you typically deal with a transition from carpet of a bedroom to the flooring in a hall or at the top of a flight of stairs? Any advice appreciated. My wife and I have discoverd that with 3 dogs, the trouble of keeping the carpet clean and paying someone to come once a year and really get it clean is better served by putting in the flooring. Apparently you can get some that is pretty durable and will tollerate the dogs nails well. Of course we keep the nails trimmed, but they do run on occation around the house. Luckily for me not often, they'd really tear the place apart. tnx Scott Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] net ____________________________________________________________________________________ You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text5.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
