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   newbuilder | Feb 09, 2004 09:15am | #1

   Okay --- well ... no responses here so I axed around by calling a couple o builders in town and the word was to go ahead and cinch 'em up tight .. not to worry about gapping for later expansion.  This is a surprise to me as I always thought the idea was that floors could actually buckle some as they dry and are heated.  But I guess I'll go ahead and kick 'em in tight together. 

   This job has been a LONG time coming for me -- many 'family obstacles' this year -- and I'm FINALLY getting some reliable momentum going on it.  LOVE that feeling of the new (future) living space actually emerging in wood from one's mind and hands.  Never get over that wonderful satisfaction.

   terry

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   BossHog | Feb 09, 2004 05:29pm | #2

   Don't really know why you didn't get any responses up to now. Sometimes topics like this develop into heated debates, other times they're basically ignored.

   I've never known anyone that spaced plywood when they laid t&g.

   I've never seen any problems develop from not spacing T&G on floors.

   So I don't know of any reason to worry about it."... not every leader has an agenda aimed at doing good. Leadership often is an abused craft. . . Stalin, Hitler, Mao, and Al Capone . . . were, by definition, effective leaders." ["The Absolutes of Leadership" by Phillip B. Crosby]

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   newbuilder | Feb 10, 2004 01:02am | #3

   Thanks BH .. appreciate the feedback.  I hate feeling 'nervous' as I'm committing with the finallity of  nails/screws to that stage of a project.  It does helps to hear back that there's no reason for hesitation!

   Thanks again,

   Terry