I'm laying down engineered (glue down) and have a interesting problem. There are two entrances into the kitchen (yes I'm putting hardwood in the kitchen) and I really don't want to use any t-molding.

Once I get near the second entrance I will do a dry lay and see how far off the alignment is. If the living room and kitchen joints are off by less than an 1/8" I will trim a row (they are 3.25" and figured an 1/8 will not be noticed).

Here is a very rough sketch. The red lines represent the direction of the hardwood and will be coming from that side of the room.

Any ideas?


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Check out Jerry's page. He gave me advice on how to do this.

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This is kind of hard to describe.

But, if I understand correctly...Your concern is keeping the planks tight through one entrance and then possibly have a "gap" between planks where the two areas meet again. (Something along the lines of "locking" an island whn doing a tile job) Is that about right?

If so, the easiest solution would be to change your start location. The only way I see your proposed conflict even being an issue is if you were to start along a wall.

Simply start in the center as you should most jobs. By center I mean from the kitchen to the living room area (not the hallway).

Very hard to explain with a keyboard. But, I hope you get the idea.