Hi all,
I’m going to be installing wood floors and ceilings. The stock is 1×4″ tng hemlock for both with two different profiles. The main room is 36′ by 21′. The ceiling is flat for the middle 12′ and vaulted on either side (scissor trusses). The flat ceiling joists run parallel to the 36′ wall.
It’s a given that I’ll be installing the vaulted ceilings across the trusses, and I think the flooring should run parallel to the longest wall, which is also the direction of traffic flow in this room.
If I install the flat ceiling across the joists, the boards will be running perpendicular to the flooring and the vaults. My client and the designer both think this is fine, maybe even preferable. What do you folks think? Many thanks for your ideas.
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If I remember correctly, I have heard something about running the flooring in the direction perpendicular to the side that gets the most sun.... Someone else may comment on it.
I like the idea of breaking the pattern up a bit with a contrasting direction on the cieling, but remember... there is no given, you could just as easily strap the joists and run the wood on the vaults in circles if you wanted. - just to make your decision a bit harder.
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There are specifics missing here in my mind for uunderstanding this without a picture or drawing, but the client and the designer are always right, even when they are wrong.
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I'll try to get a photo tomorrow.
"If I remember correctly, I have heard something about running the flooring in the direction perpendicular to the side that gets the most sun"I've never heard this phrase used when hardwood flooring was considered--LAMINATE flooring; yes. Why? Because you won't see the side joint seams as much as they become very noticeable with laminate floors and not with hardwood floors for the most part.For best results always run the flooring perpendicular to the floor joists unless you have a very strong subfloor( 1 1/8" thickness--plus) and reasonable joist spacing to work with. Hard to say from my house without seeing it. Designer? Oh no!
Woops, I forgot to mention that the floor joists run perpendic to the 36' wall so yeah, that's the best way to go. As for the flat ceiling, I think it's one of those situations where whatever we do it's gonna look good.