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We are getting ready to lay 3/4″ tongue and groove strip flooring in our house. The flooring will cover most of the first floor,three rooms and a short hall, continously fromm room to room. How in the world can you tell, when you lay out the first strips in one room, if the flooring will still be square with the walls in the other rooms when you get there? My great-grandpa worked ti out just fine in the old house, but he was a crack builder. I don’t have a clue.
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Once you have arrived at a line in one room that is straight, preferably the largest room, you can now start moving the line over to the other rooms measured off of the first line to check the straightness of those rooms with respect to the original line. Many times because the rooms are not lined up squarely one to the next, (within 1/4 inch max.), I just make an adjustment in between the door jambs to make the next room work out square to itself. In other words that means one of my pieces of flooring might be cut to 2 1/4 on one side and 1 3/4 on the other side. You need to re-groove that piece and then install a new tongue with a trim piece called slip tongue, glued and nailed. Unless the house was poorly framed, usually the house is within the 1/4 + or - spec's. Remember, nothing is forcing you to start installing the floor until you are certain of the line you want to trust. GW
*Linda, I'm just curious about your great grand dad's trade of building cracks. Is there much money in it?BTW the thresholds are a great place to do any adjusting. Another trick is to install a different solid piece at the theshold the full width of the doorway.Sometimes you can pull a line room to room the check the square of the rooms to one another. A pain to do and as stated above by Greg, not required.Gabe
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We are getting ready to lay 3/4" tongue and groove strip flooring in our house. The flooring will cover most of the first floor,three rooms and a short hall, continously fromm room to room. How in the world can you tell, when you lay out the first strips in one room, if the flooring will still be square with the walls in the other rooms when you get there? My great-grandpa worked ti out just fine in the old house, but he was a crack builder. I don't have a clue.