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   arnemckinley | Mar 08, 2007 02:26am | #1

   that's a pretty vague question. how many people are on the crew? are there corners, angles, or other obstacles to negotiate? what kind of equipment are you using?

   all of these things and more will influence the answer to your question. give us a little more to work with and we can give you an answer (or a blind guess).

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   user-111755 | Mar 08, 2007 03:08am | #5

   I would be working alone 5 days and have some help 2 days a week. There are 8 rooms, 2 hallways, and a foyer with a total of 2200 sqare feet. I'll be using a pneumatic floor nailer. No funky angles or curved walls.

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   arnemckinley | Mar 08, 2007 03:27am | #6

    it will take you about 10 days laying an average of 220 sq. ft a day. i'd figure it on 14 days to be safe. what can be laid one day under optimal conditions won't neccesarily be what's laid the next.

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   USAnigel | Mar 08, 2007 02:45am | #2

   The more cuts the longer it takes!

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   doodabug | Mar 08, 2007 02:49am | #3

   I would say 150 by myself but I am slow.

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   Hiker | Mar 08, 2007 02:59am | #4

   On big rectangular rooms I can get upto 250 to 300 feet a day ( a great day) with one guy.  On good days we shoot for 200 per nailer.  I have started using two guys per room.  First half hour both guys layout.  After that, one guy laying out and cutting, other guy nailing.  With the two man system we stay at the 300 foot/day level easy and always have a good chunk layed out for the next day.  That 300 /day is for a mid level complicated room, some angles, some doors etc. 

   It all depends on the space being done.  It seems some closets take longer than an entire living room sometimes.

   I like the two man system because it does not kill the entire crew.

   Bruce

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   frenchy | Mar 08, 2007 03:55am | #7

   961340

    I could sometimes get 40 or 50 feet done in a day.. Oops it's wide plank black random width black walnut that I milled my self using splines instead of  tongue and groove and putting screws in counterboring them and putting plugs on top of them.. Took me a shade over two months to do just under a thousand feet.. There are pictures in the archieves..

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   doodabug | Mar 09, 2007 01:14am | #8

   I think you are bragging now, not that you shouldn't.

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   frenchy | Mar 09, 2007 05:16pm | #10

   doodabug,

    Nah!

    I don't think that admitting you're a zillion times slower than the pros is a good thing.. makes me look foolish and points out that I really didn't know what I was getting into.

    For example do you want to know how I figured out the budget for this?

      I didn't!

    As I told my wife, it will cost what it costs.  I've tried not to waste any money and my per sq foot costs are around $60.00 a  sq foot so I've pretty well succeeded. But in a lot of cases I've traded labor for expense and a pro would calculate which is cheaper before .

    On the other hand I don't charge myself anything, I don't pay taxes or insurance on myself and I refuse to make a profit doing this..

    So I'm no pro!

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   doodabug | Mar 10, 2007 01:25am | #12

   I don't think you have to be fast to be a pro just pays better.

   I am called slow and methodical.

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   frenchy | Mar 10, 2007 10:17am | #13

   Doodabug,

    Hey I like that! slow and methodical.   Can I use that? Maybe that will get my wife off my back... <G>

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   catfish | Mar 09, 2007 01:41am | #9

   shellaced it to didn't you

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   frenchy | Mar 09, 2007 05:17pm | #11

   Catfish,

    Gee how'd you guess?