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Blueprint and floor prep questions
Good Evening- thank you for all of your help! I’ve been watching your videos for months getting up the courage to take on this project. God bless you for all of the free information you provide!
I have attached my floor plans and would like direction on where to start. I’ll be using Select Surfaces Laminate flooring (Sam’s club). I believe I should run the flooring East to West, but welcome your feedback. I’ll be laying the flooring in my Dining room, living room, foyer, hallway, closets, and Den. Please let me know the best place to start and any issues you think I may need to look out for.
I’ve also attached pictures of a few trouble spots in the subfloor that I am hoping I can patch rather than replace and have asked questions about them below:
1. In my hallway there is a large gash (removed glued down plywood underlayment) between the joints, and there is a small gap between them- I can see to the basement. Can I patch it with something like wood putty than Henry 549 over it to fill the gash? (first 3 photos after floor plan).
2. By my front door their is a long gap between the subfloor joints- I can see the basement. I don’t want to replace the subfloor because its small piece (22.5×5) and I don’t think I can access the joists because they’re under the wall. I’m hoping I can caulk/wood putty patch it then 549 over it. The area is pretty strong. (second set of 3 photos)
3. There is a hole in the subfloor that a cable coax cord was run through- do I need to plug it? If so, how? (last set of 3 photos)
4. Also I have a lot of nail holes in the hallway that go straight through subfloor- they were not nailed into a joist so I pulled them out (my house was built in 90). I’ve screwed down the floor. Do I need to patch the nail holes?
Thanks!
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Thanks for starting this so quickly. I should mention that my husband, Lee, will be working with me on this as well. After viewing your message he feels more confident that we can do this 😀. The line you drew for the kitchen into dining area was accurate. We will not be laying the laminate in the kitchen/mudroom/bathroom area which is that large section. I’ve attached a few pics that show the dining into kitchen area, as well as the steps and hallway. We’d like to start in the living room b/c our hope is to leave the den area for last so we can move the stuff there into the living room once it’s done. So the second example you gave was ideal. I’ve also attached pics of the laminate plank. Thanks!
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Ok, perfect! I will have this to you tomorrow.
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Here is your blueprint – http://somup.com/c3efb3TOWx
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Thank you! We are planning to leave the trim on because it’s taken us a few weeks to get all the old flooring ripped out and we still haven’t completely prepped floors. I think I have a good understanding of everything so far. I forgot to mention that we have floor vents, which the planks would run perpendicular into, in a few areas. They are all right against the wall, so I’m guessing I’d just use the cheater board to mark them out of any planks that would be along the edge and for any that are in the center I’d start from the edge of the vent?
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Also, I have a few areas with pieces of sheet metal that I believe are to protect something underneath the subfloor should I Henry 549 over top of them?
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Thatmakes sense- thanks!
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