I was always taught to lay the hardwood flooring across the sub floor. Here is a site full of info on the subject.
http://www.hammerzone.com/archives/fl . Wood Flooring Web Links list end Skill Level: 3-4 (Moderate to Advanced) Time Taken: 2 People, All Day table end By Bruce W. Maki, Editor You Get What You Pay For... That saying is applicable to most products used in residential construction and remodeling, and it's doubly true about flooring. Installing, sanding and finishing hardwood flooring takes a lot of work, but when it's done, all that effort is easy to forget. A comparable product is pre-finished hardwood strip flooring. Essentially pre-finished hardwood flooring is the same as the material used in this project, but there are small bevels milled around the perimeter of each board. These bevels prevent you from noticing the small inaccuracies in machining that cause some boards to lay slightly higher than others. The procedure for installing a pre-finished hardwood floor would be about the same as the methods used in this article. Before: The room with just the sub-floor. After we picked up the white oak flooring, we stored the bundles of wood in a utility trailer in the garage. We chose white oak instead of red oak. Red oak is more common, is slightly cheaper, but is softer and has a more open grain pattern. White oak has a lighter appearance when finished with a natural coating and no stain. Storage: Hardwood flooring manufacturers advise that the wood be allowed to acclimate in the same environment as the room it will be used in. During damp weather, the wood should be kept indoors for at least three days. Since our flooring had been milled at least a year earlier, and had been kept in a dry storage Etc. RJ To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
