Thank you for the info. On Apr 1, 2008, at 6:39 PM, Lenny McHugh wrote: > First you must lay the flooring parallel to the floor joyst. If you > are planning on installing the flooring near moisture you must glue > the seams to prevent water from getting inside. The spacers around > the room are temporary to allow for expansion of the floating floor. > There are transitional pieces for the door ways. You then use a > molding around the room after you removed the spacers. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Scott Howell > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 5:32 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] > > __________ NOD32 2993 (20080401) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > >
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