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re: Question about hardwood floors (Long)

Posted on 12/7/16 at 8:42 am to
Posted by TU Rob
Birmingham
Member since Nov 2008
12773 posts
Posted on 12/7/16 at 8:42 am to
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NO! You are supposed to lay it perpendicular to the floor joists


What about on a slab? My old townhouse had wood on the ground level. Floating wood floor laid on a slab.
Posted by Haughtonboy
kansas
Member since Nov 2011
1753 posts
Posted on 12/10/16 at 7:51 am to
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Floating wood floor


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What if the house doesn't have floor joists?


Then the direction is of no consequence other than aesthetics.


The OP stated that he had pine floors. It is a safe assumption that it is old growth heart pine.

Nobody was floating that.
This post was edited on 12/10/16 at 8:25 am
Posted by Bullfrog
Institutionalized but Unevaluated
Member since Jul 2010
56565 posts
Posted on 12/10/16 at 8:12 am to
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Floating wood floor laid on a slab.
Maybe it's just me but these seem cheesy anytime I've walked on them. Get good planks or engineered wood and have a flooring crew do them right.
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