Anyone ever installed a hardwood floor?
0I want to, but I’m pretty scared to try it. Any feedback / advice?
get a book or go to one of those homedepot/lowes free seminars. i would say to start with a smaller area first before you go ahead and try to tackle something real big
It’s not rocket science. It’s important to get help at first to make sure you have everything covered, after that it’s rinse and repeat.
I did it about a year ago in our house. Three rooms I installed oak floors to myself.
They were the glue-down type. Floating is definitely easier, go that way if possible.
Oh, and a tablesaw makes it so much easier.
Really, just dig in, take your time, BUY A PAIR OF KNEE PADS, and have extra wood on hand because you will screw up…
And pay attention to how the boards line up. I was firm on having the lines all be random. Do not use the scrap from the last cut to start the next row of wood (you’ll know what I’m talking about when you begin laying them), or they will look like "stairs", all lined up in a pattern down the length of the floor. And whatever you do, don’t lay them like bricks.
wrong forum chief
Assuming we’re discussing 3/4" honest to Og hardwood, and nothing veneery, the following is applicable. If not, submit further data, and I’ll revise and edit as required. First-what is your underlying substrate? No-nothing to do with stuff you’d chat with a psychologist about-what is the surface onto which you wish to install said hardwood? Concrete? OSB? Plywood? Dirt?
Are there doors which will swing across the finished floor plane, what transitions to other flooring are involved, does a stairway enter or leave the area affected by the installation, are there appliances, what is the existing flooring?
In my experience, 80% of the job is looking for and anticipating problems, performing proper preparation (sometimes saying it can’t or shouldn’t be done), and 20% is the actual install.
Narrow down the focus of your OP and I’ll try to be more helpful.
Well there will be one stair transition, one transition to kitchen, and in and out of bedrooms. Subfloor looks to be 5/8" plywood. Its squeaky as shit and its a 9 yr old house.
That will be a problem. When you add 3/4" to the kitchen floor, you’ve just added that much to the riser height of the last step. Building codes limit the difference from the shortest riser to the tallest at 3/8". Also, there is a maximum riser height of 7 3/4" (IRC) or 8" (UBC), and your additional 3/4" is likely to violate that spec, too.
I think the building inspectors have done their checks many moons ago.
yeah but when you do something why not do it right? why hack it in? doing stuff wrong always leads to problems
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