I am remodeling a bathroom and am installing a floating Alloc wood composite floor. I know the floor needs to “float” and have 1/4 inch of space between it and the walls, cabinets, etc. But I have a short step in the room, part of the floor is an inch and a half higher than the rest. I was going to run the floating floor to the edge of the step, then cap it with a nice piece of maple. BUT, I worry that the floor will float away from the edge cap, creating a gap there. Also, if I run the flooring right up to the cap, then it won’t be able to move and float. Any advice?
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Build out that step leaving a space for the floor to slip under it. All the weight of that step nosing should bear on the framing, the floor would not have any weight on it.
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There must be a computer glitch because I didn't post this.
This is unusual. I have "floating" laminate on my sun porch, but it's not intended for wet areas, since the seams aren't sealed. The manufacturers state this. This sounds like what you're doing. I believe that you've ventured into a wrong area and are now asking how to deal with a small aspect of that. Sort of like -- " I decided to do plumbing in a tight closet with braised copper instead of PVC, and now the house is on fire. How do I deal with this?" The problem is not solving the current issue but not going there in the first place.
Barmil, she has probaly committed suicide or gone of to live by herself in an igloo in the arctic.....
The post is several yrs old and Wanda's been screwed by a number of fly by nite, tho well recommended contractors.
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Yeah, I should have checked the date. How does a 2005 posting get bumped up to the present?
Webby posted that the appearance of his post in this thread was a result of perhaps sunspots.
Otherwise, if you post to it-it jumps up.
Besides that, beats me-you know the condition this places' condition is in......
Whoa boy Cal, I loggin first time in a ccouple weeks to see how the new improved BT is doing and this thread is first I open to.....!
I hate to be cynical, but my guess is that webmasters see themselves getting canned in a tight economy if their current site suits everyone's needs with no changes needed. So, they have to "upgrade" to keep their bosses thinking they're still cutting edge, no matter how bad the result.