After my DIY project, I ended up with about 150 sf of extra wood. If I return or recycle the extra, what are the chances I would later wish I had some spare pieces around? I'm not interested in hanging on to them if they aren't going to do me any good in the future. But is it a good idea to hold on to some of this?

Specifics:
The floors are maple and birch 5" wide planks, 1/2" thick engineered, glued to concrete. Not even sure how possible it is to repair any future damaged pieces.

Thanks for sharing any experience.

You ought to keep some anyway. It's Murphy's law... if you keep it you won't need it.... if you get rid of it, sure enough you will be needing a repair done.

I don't have an answer to your question, but I was wondering if you (or anyone else) could share any lessons learned/tips from your install. Also, what kind of glue did you use?

I'm getting ready to install about 700sqft of a very similar product and I need all the advice I can get!

Thanks,
kc

KC:

Plenty of information on the main site. Updated finally:) After four years of neglect...well...should be completely updated at 8AM EST

Hardwood Flooring Guide

Dang, that's what I was afraid of.

KC:
After asking around, I used Bostik's Best. This was my first experience gluing floors. My wife and I opted for gluing instead of floating simply because we didn't like the more forgiving feel of floated wood under the feet. The best information I found was this website and forum, Bostik's website which has some helpful videos, and the instructions included with my wood. The installation was a lot of work for a one-man-show, but after it's all done, it's been well worth the effort. Good luck!

Going to agree with Jerry here. With engineered flooring, its a pretty good idea to hang on to, I don't know, maybe 5% of your totaly SF, just that, lets say, in five year, ten years, you have a few planks that have taken damage, you can pull them up and replace them.

As luck would have it, I'm sure the day after you got rid of your excess materials, you'd have something drastic happen and need to replace 149 sf. Lol. Good luck.