I’m an intermediate do-it-yourselfer and have put down several standard hardwood floors of the 2 1/4″ variety with desent results. We’re building a new home and ran across what seemed to be a good deal at Lumber Liquidators……… 5″ X 3/4″ oak flooring for $3.65/ square foot. Well we bought a 1000 square feet of it and when we opened the boxes there are only 2 lengths of flooring in it, 27 1/2” & 31 1/2″.
The stuff I used in the past had a wide variety of lengths so was pretty easy to avoid having a pattern appear and staggering the seams. I’m worried that with only 2 lengths it’s going to be hard to not have some type of pattern emerging. In the wider material is this a ‘normal’ situation (boards of similar lengths) & if so (or not) am I right in my concern over the pattern issue and if so what is the fix? Thanks
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Shorts are common...actually, they're not just common...they're the norm, for Lumber Liquidators.
It can make layout a bit tougher, just go your best to stagger without having the offset be the same with each row.
You'll be super-critical of how it looks as you lay it out, but like most things, after a few weeks you'll have forgotten about all the angst during installation.
Thanks, that was the type of answer I was hoping for.
i have seen their ads for years,
and always wondered.....
thanks for the post- for those prices i don't need the hassle...
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