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Blueprint request/starting help
Hi Joe,
First off, thank you for sharing so much of your knowledge. I see I’m not the only one who truly appreciates it. Thank you.
My wife and I purchased a farmhouse in the White Mountain National Forest in northern New Hampshire. It was originally built in 1853 and used as a church for over 100 years. Over the years it was built up to it’s present day use of a 4 bedroom/2 bath home with 2 levels. We want to make it nice enough to rent out as we are looking to be renting it out when we don’t use it, so things don’t need to be PERFECT, know what I mean?
The bottom level is all tile floor, except for one bathroom which already has a laminate in it and is accessed off the kitchen. The entire house is on a concrete slab. I am looking to put the laminate right over the tile. I have already purchased the laminate, which has the padded underlayment on it already.
I’m not sure where to start or what direction to go in with the planks. The direction I want to go in would end up being perpendicular to the bathroom that is off the kitchen. There are settling dips that are gradual, so the floor isn’t perfectly level throughout. I did fill in the biggest dip, but I’m not sure how perfect it has to be? Also, this bottom floor that I would like to laminate is just one giant open space. There really isn’t a hallway. Also, also, this place has been around for almost 200 years, so pretty much nothing is symmetrical. We call it perfectly imperfect.
So to summarize, it’s a wide open floor plan, around 1,000 sq ft, that isn’t symmetrically perfect. There is also already a laminate floor in the bathroom that connects to the kitchen. I’ve laid vinyl planking before, but never laminate. ANY advice is welcomed. I was nervous I bit off a little more than I can chew, but then found you and thought I’ll give this a try before giving up on it. Thank you VERY VERY much in advance! Have a great day. Drew
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Do you have the laminate yet? I need to see what side the tongue and groove are on.
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please let me know if you need additional pics/different angles.
Thank you.
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I will get this to you by Monday.
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I have a couple questions – http://somup.com/cr6TIR3Atm
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Hi Joe,
Thank you for your response. I hope you are feeling better all around and there is certainly no need to apologize. I appreciate your help very much, no matter when it comes my way, but health is the most important thing so I do sincerely hope you and your family are feeling well.
Here is a link to a video response from me. I uploaded it up to YouTube because it was the best video quality I could get.
Hope you are able to cut and paste the link:
This should explain more. You are spot on with your assessment of the plans I had sent you. No laminate is correct in the spots you X’d out, and yes, I would ideally run east/west just like you had thought.
In the video I made, you can see some challenges I came across as far as the baseboards go. I can rip that tile off no problem, but I was hoping to leave it to show case some features from the old church, but if that doesn’t sound solid, I’ll rip off the tile and add baseboard, no problem. More details in the video.
Thanks in advance
Drew
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here is your blueprint – http://somup.com/cr6O2t3gvX
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here is the link I mentioned – https://www.tools4flooring.com/fastenmaster-flex-40-hot-melt-glue-sticks-18-pkg.html
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Joe, Thank you so much for this information. I’m ordering the glue gun and making Home Depot run for some of those other supplies. I suspect I won’t be starting that until next week some time, so I’m going to watch a bunch of videos and come up with my game plan. I’m sure I will be back in touch as I start the project. Thank you so much for this information. I look forward to giving it a shot!!
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Hi Joe,
Here is a link to a question I have about starting out – due to different measurements, I’m not sure how to get find my middle as explained in the video: https://youtu.be/OkY7NLKXleQ
Hope all is well. Thanks in advance,
Drew
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Just measure to the wall next to the door on the left. Don’t worry about those other jog ins and outs.
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got it, thank you!
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Good morning Joe,
I’ve got a good chunk of the flooring done, but when I got to the bedroom wall, it just so happen to line up with a one inch gap next to the wall. I’m not sure how to handle this. Here’s a video to show you: https://youtu.be/NZJK9Fvnzx0
I had laid down a couple more boards further down the wall, but again, then entire thing will be about 1.5 inches away from the wall. Thoughts on that?
Thanks,
drew
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Yes, that is ok. There is always a small piece somewhere. I wood put a little bit of glue in the joint to hold that small piece in. If it’s laminate use wood glue if it’s vinyl plank than use clear Gorilla Glue.
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sounds good, thank you sir!
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Hi Joe,
Hope all is well…I’m about 95% done with my floor! very excited to say the least. I did run into an issue around a half wall that I have. Here is a video explaining/asking the questions:
Thanks in advance for your help!!
Drew
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First of all – don’t worry this is very fixable!!
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