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bicknar
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Re: Anyone have experience installing wood floors?

Tips for you....

 

With Demo, remove any moulding as well.

After Demo Make sure the concrete is level

Put in sub flooring that can be fastened / secured to concrete

Make sure the sub flooring is level

Purchase 10% extra material for when you make the wrong cut

Measure twice, cut once

Learn new swear words when you hit your thumb with the hammer

If you can borrow tools, power tools are handy.... Nail gun and miter saw very handy for this

I like the bamboo for entry ways, it's re-newable and takes a beating.

Check the tile if it's not vinyl watch for asbestos

 

Yeah, measure twice again, reminds me of putting shingles on my buddy's roof.  He's from Europe and the shingles were to be spaced one foot apart.  Well being used to the metric system he would start each row 10 inches instead of 12, and we'd have to go back and start the row all over again Smiley Wink

 

Hmmm,  That's enough to chew on for now.

 

Enjoy,

 

A

 


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haulingthescoreup
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Re: Anyone have experience installing wood floors?

Good list!

 

To add to it, if this is a husband-and-wife/ partner-partner project:

 

Agree before hand that if something goes wrong, it's because stuff goes wrong, not because so-and-so's an idiot, or won't read directions, or is a hopeless klutz, or should never have dreamed this up in the first place, or is trying to spend you into the grave.

 

Even if this is true. Smiley Wink

 

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bicknar
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Re: Anyone have experience installing wood floors?

Hauling,

 

Even better addition for the list.  Thank you I was focusing on the project and not what's important <grin>  So in keeping with that tradition...

 

Don't forget...

 

Safety Goggles

Gloves

Mask

Hard Hat (Don't ask)

Heck, go for the Goalie uniform just in case.

 

A

 


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MattH
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Re: Anyone have experience installing wood floors?

 


@haulingthescoreup wrote:

Good list!

 

To add to it, if this is a husband-and-wife/ partner-partner project:

 

Agree before hand that if something goes wrong, it's because stuff goes wrong, not because so-and-so's an idiot, or won't read directions, or is a hopeless klutz, or should never have dreamed this up in the first place, or is trying to spend you into the grave.

 

Even if this is true. Smiley Wink

 

Don't ask me how I know this. Smiley Tongue


 

 

All true.  And the first time you do a given type of project, you'll make at least four trips to Home Depot for items you didn't realize you needed for such a project!

 

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bicknar
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hRe: Anyone have experience installing wood floors?

Oh Yeah, I forgot to mention Duct Tape.


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MattH
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Re: hRe: Anyone have experience installing wood floors?

 


@bicknar wrote:

Oh Yeah, I forgot to mention Duct Tape.


 

 

Duct tape even saved the Apollo 13 astronauts!  One of my favorite scenes in the movie, which actually did happen was when a bunch of engineers gather around the table in a conference room: "our job is to make this square lithium hydroxide canisters from the CM fit this round openings from LM environmental system, using only the stuff on this table."  The improvised solution included duct tape.

 

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