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Blueprint Request
Hi Joe,
I’m so impressed with the service you provide here. Great job!
Here is my project:
Two story with upper main floor (wood subfloor) and lower fully finished walkout basement (concrete slab). All white areas are to get LVP flooring. Colored shaded areas are to be installed with new carpet.
Flooring is Floor and Decor NuCoreXL LVP with large planks: 72.5″L x 9.25″W, 8mm thick. I think you would call the joints a drop and lock system, and it is meant to be installed long edge first before dropping onto the short edge. https://www.flooranddecor.com/nucore-flooring/royal-sand-oak-rigid-core-luxury-vinyl-plank—cork-back-100787936.html
I’m planning on using their Sentinal Protect Plus underlayment, which is specifically designed for this floor and they recommend using even though the planks have an attached cork pad. https://www.flooranddecor.com/underlayment-installation-materials/sentinel-protect-plus-underlayment-100593631.html
Specific questions:
1. I am struggling to decide on a plank direction, and I’d like to hear your suggestion before influencing with my ideas.
2. I will be installing before the carpet is laid, and would like guidance on how to finish the edges at the bedroom doors before the carpet is installed.
3. The only molding choices available for this floor are Stair Nose, Tee, Reducer, and Quarter Round. There is no Edge Molding, which may influence your answer for #2 and I’d like to hear what you do as an alternative when Edge is not available.
4. Should I lift out the slide-in gas range and install flooring underneath, or just insert an edge under the range far enough that it wouldn’t show?
Thanks in advance for any assistance you can offer!
Best regards,
Jeff
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12 Replies
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Hi Joe,
Thanks so much for your thoughtful answers to all my questions.
I’m going to install North-South (horizontal on the drawings) in all areas based on your advice and my gut feeling. I’ll just deal with the extra complexity in the bathroom because I think it will look better overall.
We live in Sparks, Nevada (near Reno). I have no idea whether they use Z-bar here, but one way or another I’m sure we can get them to do the carpet transition as you described without using any molding.
Thanks again and looking forward to your installation guidance.
-Jeff
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I will get this done and have these to you tomorrow morning.
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Here is the upper level – http://somup.com/crQ6DCrwrV
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Hi Joe, this floor has tried to kick my butt in many ways, but with your guidance it’s looking good and I never could have done it without you. I had to go past a few trouble spots because I was under the gun to move furniture in, but now I’d like your advice on these areas.
1. Stair baluster bottom plate. I undercut in most areas and have a clean interface to the planks, but here in the first photo my plank came just short of the bottom plate. I haven’t undercut it yet but I’m hoping there is still room to do that and rip a thin strip of flooring on the tablesaw to glue in there. Am I on the right track or have I screwed myself?
2. The second photo is nearly the same situation, but a little more room to work with.
3. Carpet transition at doors. I had the carpet installer leave me a little extra carpet to work with in the door jams, with tack strip just under the doors. I cut my plank to have the edge land just under the door, but I’m still a little confused as to how I finish the edge of the carpet and I’m afraid to cut it because I don’t want to make an irreversible mistake. In photo 4 the speed square shows the location of the tack strip underneath. In photo 4 the square is just to lift up the carpet so you can see the tack strip under it.
You had mentioned Z-bar in a previous video. The carpet installer said he used it when he worked in Texas, but he has never seen it used here in Nevada.
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Hi Joe,
How should I handle the transition to the metal door threshold? I don’t think I can undercut it. I have two exactly like this.
Thanks,
Jeff
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Here is the lower level – http://somup.com/crQ6b2rw0W
Here is the lower level bath – http://somup.com/crQ6b3rwZ5
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Hi Joe. I’m a little perplexed as to how to handle where my plank will land just shy of the pantry door/wall. Do I try to cut a thin strip of plank, or just cover it with quarter round?
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I would cut plank to go in there. When you get to it take a pica and I can help if needed.
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